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square-foot facility which has 55,000 sq. ft. of production
floor space and 66,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space and
offices. 4000 square feet are dedicated to research, de-
sign, development, and quality assurance laboratories,
including sample, pilot plant, and instrumentation labs
offering the latest in technical equipment.
The annual capacity at Cleveland is 150 million pounds.
The production area is equipped with twenty-two mixing
vessels which range in size from 30 gallon to 8,250 gal-
lons; six stainless-steel, hot oil reactors, which range in
size from 600 to 8,000 gallons; and one 2,700 gallon,
stainless-steel, steam-fired reactor. All vessels use stain-
less piping throughout and the reactors have condens-
ers, separators, nitrogen sparge, and full vacuum or pres-
sure capabilities.
The CRI facility is located in Fountain Inn, South Carolina,
near Greenville. Its 20-acre site is slightly larger than its
sister plant’s footprint in Tennessee, and at 150,000
square feet, it’s also a bit bigger. But its layout and ca-
pabilities are very similar, including 4,000 sq. ft. of re-
search, design, development, and quality assurance lab-
oratories. The annual capacity CRI is 175 million pounds.
The production area is equipped with forty mixing vessels
which range in size from 200 gallon to 5,000 gallons;
and four stainless-steel, hot oil reactors which range in
size from 3000 to 8,000 gallons.
In addition to its state-of-the-art fabrication capabilities,
Gibson asserts that being flexible, proactive, and re-
sponsive to market changes and demands is a hallmark
of Synalloy Chemicals. “For example,” he says, “during
the last three years we have progressively transformed
our company focus. Early on, both our companies were
heavy in the textile and carpet industries. As that busi-
ness left overseas, we ended up having excess capac-
ity and started taking on some tolling projects, and now,
whereas early on, we were predominantly selling to end
users, now end-user sales are only about 10 percent of
our total portfolio.”
