MRO: To Orillia and beyond: EcoPoly Solutions invests in sustainability and growth

EcoPoly Solutions’s co-extruded polyethylene low tunnel films protect crops against aggressive climate change and insects, maintain high plant and root temperatures, and minimize day and night temperature fluctuation.

In the latest chapter in what’s becoming a genuine Canadian success story, EcoPoly Solutions Inc., an Orillia, Ont.-based film maker known for its 100 per cent recycled raw material products, is investing $32 million to enhance its manufacturing plant and create almost 90 new jobs.

Said to be the first full-service plastics laboratory and manufacturing facility in the world, EcoPoly Solutions uses an in-house plastics recycling system to produce biodegradable plastic products, from bread bags to poly tubes, for a range of industries. It produces agricultural film, can liners, and food and industrial packaging products.

Demand for its products has been growing in recent years and, according to Kristan Rynard, the company’s chief sales officer, EcoPoly Solutions will use the investment to acquire new equipment and automation with a goal of increasing production capacity and competitiveness in the North American market. “We’ve already implemented enhancement with new research, new equipment, new employees, new products, and product relaunches,” she said.

In support of this most recent investment, the province of Ontario is providing more than $3.5 million in funding through the Southwestern Ontario Development Fund (SWODF) of the Regional Development Program, which is meant to help manufacturers in Ontario grow.

This article originally featured in MRO Magazine. Read the full version here.