Storm Water Product Manufacturing Companies Join in Strategic Alliance

Americast Inc. and KriStar Enterprises Inc. have formed a strategic alliance to manufacture, sell and service storm water management products on both the East and West coasts, KriStar President Craig Beatty and Americast President Bill Tichacek announced. The collaboration will allow the companies to provide greater flexibility and design options, yield production efficiency and enhance customer service.

“This alliance combines the expertise and innovative products of two major forces in the industry,” said Beatty. “It enables both companies to offer enhanced service by utilizing the strengths of each other’s regional production, marketing and sales capabilities. It also allows each company to provide a more complete product offering, so we can service the complete needs of a project.”

“This is a win for our customers, for both companies and for the environment,” said Tichacek. “Sourcing products close to the jobsite lowers the environmental impact of shipping, and can help earn a project USGBC [U.S. Green Building Council] LEED points. It lowers energy consumption and transportation-related emissions, and the whole planet benefits from that. It seems fitting, since these products focus on the important environmental need to reduce water pollution.”

Americast, based in the mid-Atlantic region, will manufacture, market, sell and service KriStar’s filter product line, including the FloGard Perk Filter Media Filtration Device, the FloGard Dual-Vortex Hydrodynamic Separator and the FloGard+ Plus Catch Basin Insert Filter. Americast also will provide precasting services to KriStar for other markets in the eastern part of the U.S.

KriStar, based in Santa Rosa, Calif., will be the exclusive distributor in California of Americast’s Filterra Bioretention Systems products (Filterra, Filterra Roof Drain, Filterra Street Tree and Bacterra). KriStar will manufacture, market, sell and service the products, integrating its pre-filter chamber and bypass features when requested.

The two companies will provide additional regional manufacturing services for each other as well. Production on both coasts means that many major markets will now fall within the 500-mile radius designated for LEED credit MRc5 Regional Materials, defined as materials that are extracted, harvested and manufactured within 500 miles of the project site.

“Both companies make proven products,” said Beatty, “but this strategic alliance is about more than just physical resources. Our people and their expertise are an equally valuable resource. By sharing that strength with our customers, we will enhance our respective abilities to provide effective solutions to our customers and ultimately for the environment.”

Source: KriStar Enterprises Inc.