CHEMRES Chesapeake Offers Polymer Compounding
and Supply Chain Solutions
Our Chesapeake location is a large, 64-acre polymer compounding facility with nearby access to a deepwater port – providing technology, QA testing, and supply chain solutions for our customers. The Chesapeake site features:
Compounding Operations
- ISO 13485 certified, CGMP compliant and Six Sigma driven through product lifecycle
- Twin-screw compounding from small samples to railcar quantities
- 100 million pounds of compounding capacity for food-grade and medical devices
- 3 Twin Screw Extruders: 40mm, 65mm, 90mm with underwater pelletizing
- Formulation and polymer modification
- Additive and pellet blending
- Pulverizing
- Toll compounding
Supply Chain, Logistics and Import/ Export
- 15 miles from Port: Norfolk International Terminal (NIT)
- Transloading from sea container to railcar, bulk truck or box
- 65 railcar spots on site
- 70,000 square foot warehouse and packaging facility
- Over 30 million pounds of storage capacity
- Catwalk to prevent contamination issues
- Scale and washing on premises
Polymer Testing - Lab
- Mechanicals - Tensile & Elongation and Flex Modulus
- Rheology - Melt Flow and Capillary Rheology
- Impact - Izod, Dart, and Dynatup
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry
- FTIR
- Specific Gravity
Address:
5100 Bainbridge Boulevard
Chesapeake, VA 23320-6502