IRT and Bata Plastics unite efforts to recycle plastic material
A new alliance with a Grand Rapids furniture company now opens the door for even more manufacturing uses for recycled plastic.
A new manufacturing alliance between environmental stewards, IRT and Bata Plastics, creates a cost-effective way to use even more recycled plastic materials in manufacturing than ever before.
GRAND RAPIDS -- A California biotech company is expanding in Grand Rapids, bringing more than 500 jobs in the next five years.
Caps From Kids is a program, sponsored by Innovative Resin Technologies, which introduces recycling to kids through the collection of plastic container caps and lids.
GRAND RAPIDS (Aug. 2, 2007) – Recognizing that consumers are placing a higher importance on the environment than ever before, IRT (Innovative Resin Technologies) today introduced ReTek®, a recycled plastic material made up of 100% post-consumer waste #1-7 and post-industrial waste.
I.D. Magazine - November/December Issue, January Issue
INNOVATIONS (IDSA) Magazine – Fall Yearbook
Grand Rapids, MI – Davidson Plyforms, leaders in the field of producing high quality curved plywood components, has presented industrial design and furniture design students at Kendall College of Art and Design a unique experience in a design competition.
Becker incendur®, a new flame retardant plywood material allows architects and manufacturers to use molded plywood in public spaces that have been very restricted up until now.
A newly patented process called Belmadur® appears to be turning fixed rules of shaped wood applications upside down. The Belmadur® process takes shaped beech veneers and makes them weatherproof, as lastingly durable as teak and twice as hard as oak.

