NewAge Industries/AdvantaPure completes plant expansion

After two years, NewAge Industries/AdvantaPure have completed its plant expansion to add cleanroom manufacturing suites to be used for the production of platinum-cured silicone tubing, moulded components and single-use moulded tubing assemblies.

“This was a big undertaking,” noted Ken Baker, CEO of the employee-owned business. “We needed additional cleanrooms to manufacture more high-purity tubing and components to meet our customers’ needs, but we didn’t want to add a random room next to our other cleanrooms. This new area was designed and built from the ground up, with a vetted, product flow-through design for raw materials, extrusion, moulding, quality inspection and packaging.”

The new cleanrooms, which are classified ISO Class 7 and 8, were built within the existing space at the company’s headquarters in Southampton, Pennsylvania, USA.

“Our intent was to move and validate our manufacturing equipment in phases to avoid any production stoppages or product shortages,” added Baker. “We accomplished that, but we also decided to add more extrusion equipment and mould presses. This equipment expansion will help us meet our customers’ current and future product demands.”