OTECH was reorganized and spun off its houseware manufacturing operation to focus on the compounding business.

OTECH acquired Resource Alliance Inc., a manufacturer of color concentrates, and formed Color Resource as a wholly owned subsidiary of OTECH.

OTECH installed a 66mm twin screw extrusion line to process TPR, SEBS and other rubber alloy compounds.

OTECH added 35,000 sq. ft. manufacturing space and installed an automated medical Class VI PVC 6” extrusion line.

OTECH completion of a $2 million manufacturing automation upgrade. These enhancements include loss weight feeders, electronic bulk handling technologies and electronic process controls.

$1 million renovation and laboratory upgrade.

10 million pound capacity, small batch specialty color compounding line.

July 2019, Completion of $2.5 million F80 Banbury line - expanding production capacity by 65 million pounds for specialty alloys and thermoplastic elastomers.

OTECH sells Color Resource to Chroma and puts heavy focus on capacity expansion.

Line 4 extruder upgrade increases capacity and efficiency by 50%.

OTECH implements EOS company-wide with great results.

Adds Conductive and ESD line of compounds to product offering.

Major silo and feeding system upgrades to lines 2 and 3 to increase efficiency and capacity by 30%.

Expands workforce by 20% to meet demand.

Line 5 upgrade to Banbury compounding capability for conductive and specialty black compounds.

Line 10 groundbreaking adds over 50 million pounds of flexible vinyl compounding capacity.

Line 11 addition adds more TPE capability and capacity.