Bedford Technology, LLC

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Bedford Technology, LLC
Plastic Lumber

• Machines

• Split off from Bedford Industries in 1998
• Employee 40 people
• Sales of around 4 million last year

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Machine Division

• Design and build packaging equipment.
• We have Engineering, PLC programmers,
  Drafting, Machinist,Welders, Assembly,
  Electrical, Field service Technicians.
• Customers include, Nabisco, Kraft, Safeway,
  Interstate Brands, Starbucks, and many smaller
  companies world wide.

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Machine Division

• 4100 Series
• Double fold Bag closer

5000 Series Tie applicator for empty bags
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Machine Division
4500 Series Single fold Tie Applicator

• 2200 Series
• Tie Applicator

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Machine Division

• Ring Tyer

Material Handling / Custom projects
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Plastic Lumber

• Standard Plastic lumber

Structural Plastic lumber
Site Amenities
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Plastic Lumber

• Raw materials are recycled Polyethylene
• Post consumer - Milk jugs, soap jugs, other
  bottle products.
• We need ground flake for our process.
• Raw material sources.
• Sorted baled that we grind.

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Natural bale
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Colored bale
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Z Bale Mixed Color / Natural
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Plastic Lumber

• Unsorted plastic 1 through 7 bales
• Sorting needed.
• Sort into Natural, Colored, PET
• PET is sold.

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1 through 7 Bale
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PET bale
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• Post industrial sources
• Accounts for about 10 15 of volume.
• Trim from Bedford industries
• Other industrial sources around.

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Plastic Lumber

• Primary get raw materials from 5 state area.
• Used about 5 Million pounds last year
• Expect to increase volume to 6.5 million pounds
  this year.
• Additives
• Color additives to give finished color to
  product
• UV stabilizer to provide UV protection.
• Operate 3 shifts / day 5 days per week.

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SITE AMENITIES
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Park Avenue Bench
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Park Avenue Seat
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Park Avenue Table Set
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ParkScapes Bench
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Park Scapes Seat
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Park Scapes Table Set
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Recycling rates

• HDPE 24.2
• PET 19.8
• Aluminum 53.4

• Based on 2002 National Post Consumer plastic
  recycling report
• Based on 2002 Aluminum Association