Vertellus Specialties to expand Greensboro facility.

Vertellus Specialties, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, has announced plans to expand its existing Greensboro, NC, facility. Vertellus is a new specialty chemicals company formed through the combination of Reilly Industries' Morflex, Inc. and Rutherford Chemicals LLC CasChem operating units.

The facility expansion will include a new, state-of-the-art specialty derivatives manufacturing plant and formulation technology center. It will be equipped with cGMP capabilities and produce specialty castor and shea butter derivatives, formulations, and polymer systems used to create naturally derived sealants, coatings, inks, lubrication, and adhesives.

The new facility will work in cooperation with the company's Bayonne, NJ, plant. Both facilities have achieved ISO 9001:2000 registration, and have been certified by SGS Systems and Certification Services to the ISO 9001:2000 standard.