ADS Announces Second Michigan Manufacturing Plant

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. (ADS) announced it will open a new manufacturing plant in Clifford, Mich., to meet demand for the company's corrugated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe. The plant is expected to be in operation during the second calendar quarter of 2012. This will be the company’s second pipe production facility in Michigan, complementing the existing plant located in Owosso.

“The new Clifford facility is strategically located to help serve the growing customer base in the ‘thumb’ of Michigan, as well as southwestern Ontario,” said Joe Chlapaty, chairman and CEO of ADS.

In August 2011, Chlapaty announced a $10 million program directed at improving and expanding manufacturing capacity and delivery ability in the Midwest. Plants were opened in Hampton, Iowa, and Buxton, N.D., in the past year.

Source: ADS