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Our objective for the Materials Based Group is
to grow organically while maintaining the strong
cash flow characteristics of the three businesses:
zinc strip, Unimark injection molded plastics, and
industrial plastics.
Injection molded
healthcare poducts
-Unimark
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Alltrista
Alltrista Zinc Products is the largest zinc casting
and rolling facility in the United States. We are the
sole source supplier of copper plated zinc penny
blanks to both the United States Mint and the Royal
Canadian Mint and are currently exploring opportu-
nities with several other countries. In addition, we
manufacture a line of industrial zinc items used in
the plumbing, automotive, electrical component and
European architectural markets, and the Lifejacket®
anti-corrosion system.
Unimark Plastics is a plastic injection molding
operation which manufactures precision custom
injection molded components in three plants for
major companies in the healthcare and consumer
products industries including CIBA Vision Corporation,
Johnson & Johnson, Meridian Diagnostics, Inc.,
Scotts Company and Winchester. We also own
Yorker® Closures, a proprietary product line of
plastic closures. Products for the healthcare industry
include such items as intravenous harness components
and surgical devices. Products for manufacturers of
consumer goods primarily include packaging and
sport shooting ammunition components.
Industrial Plastics manufactures thermoformed
white goods in our Fort Smith, Arkansas facility
primarily for Whirlpool Corporation, with whom we
enjoy a business relationship spanning over 25 years.
We also extrude sheet (the formation of plastic sheet
from resin granules) for our internal products and
other manufacturers. In addition, we produce plastic
tables for original equipment manufacturers and have
a proprietary line of tables selling under the Vision™
brand that are primarily sold to hospitality and
institutional markets.
materials based group