What Polymer Sciences does

Polymer Sciences, Inc. (PSI) is a privately held industrial plastic recycling company founded in 1996 and headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company provides pelletization, size reduction, and contamination-removal services that transform post-industrial plastic scrap into high-quality grade polymer materials for injection molding, blow molding, extrusion, and compounding clients. Its core technical platform combines shredding and grinding with multi-stage ferrous and non-ferrous metal separation, fiber and fines removal, melt filtration, and strand, underwater, and water-ring pelletization systems. The company holds three utility patents covering a mechanical (non-chemical) process for removing paint from painted plastics, delivering substrate material 99.5% free of contaminants, with cumulative throughput approaching a billion pounds and a less-than-1% return rate. Operations span the United States, Canada, and Mexico through facility-based processing in Atlanta, Puebla, and Toronto, supplemented by mobile on-site size reduction programs serving automotive Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers.

PSI monetizes through multiple revenue streams: toll processing fees for client-supplied material, supply chain recycling fulfillment and program management for Fortune 1000/500/100 multi-plant enterprises, sale of processed regrind and pelletized polymers into secondary markets, remote/mobile processing at customer sites, and consulting on recycling technology and material monetization. Its go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting large manufacturers, automotive OEMs and Tier suppliers, packaging companies, and supply chain pooling organizations. The company reports a stable workforce with 10-year average employee retention and is led by founder and CEO Michael Montgomery, who has more than 32 years of plastics industry experience. Named enterprise customers include Honda, GM, FP International, GAF, Drug Plastics, Kautex Mexico, and TI Automotive, and PSI has managed 11 independent factories simultaneously as the largest post-industrial manager of automotive fuel tank material in North America.

Name

Polymer Sciences

Legal name

Polymer Sciences, Inc.

Website

https://polymersciences.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Polymer Sciences is a privately held industrial plastic recycling company providing pelletization, size reduction, and contamination-removal services to enterprise manufacturers, automotive Tier suppliers, packaging firms, and supply chain pooling companies across North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Plastic Recycling Services

NAICS

All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing (326199), Plastics Product Manufacturing (3261)

SIC

Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers (2821)

akta.pro primary industry

Reprocessed Resin & Recycled Polymer Compounding (PCR/PIR Compounds) (IMANAMAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Recycled Plastic Compounds (PCR/PIR) (IMANABAE), Recycled & Reprocessed Polymer Resin Manufacturing (rPET, rPP, rPE; PCR/PIR resins) (IMANAAAH), Compounding & Additives for Recycled Plastics (Compatibilizers, Stabilizers, Color) (EUAIAKAJ), Rigid Plastics Recycling (HDPE/PP, Injection/Blow Molded) (EUAIAKAF), Engineering Plastics Recycling (ABS, PC, PA, POM, PMMA) (EUAIAKAI)

Keywords

• Industrial plastic recycling
• Plastic pelletization services
• Automotive scrap reclamation
• Recycled polymer feedstock
• Closed-loop manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Toll Processing Services: Processing materials supplied by clients for a fee. Services include size reduction, pelletization, metal separation, and contamination removal. Rates are fixed based on material contamination levels, type, and media for standalone toll processing.
2. Supply Chain Recycling Fulfillment: Comprehensive recycling programs managing all phases from product collection, logistics, processing, and returning pristine material to multi-plant locations or secondary market. Revenue from service fees for coordination, tracking, and reporting.
3. Material Sales (Monetization): Selling processed materials (regrind, pelletized polymers) into secondary market. Includes PE, PP, F-PVC, TPO, TPE, TPR materials processed from industrial scrap.
4. Mobile/Remote Processing Services: Size reduction operations managed at remote customer locations throughout North America, including temporary or extended on-site operations.
5. Consulting Services: Recycling and recycling process consultation for manufacturing, including material marketability, monetization, sustainability efforts, and technology advisory.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Polymer Sciences, Inc. is an ISO-certified industrial plastic reclaimer that processes post-industrial and post-consumer plastic scrap for Fortune 1000 manufacturers. Core services include size reduction, metal and fiber separation, proprietary de-painting, pelletization, toll processing, and mobile on-site shredding, producing specification-grade recycled polymers that can be returned directly to the customer's manufacturing line.

Product overview

Polymer Sciences is an industrial recycling services company offering a unified suite of processing services rather than a software platform. The core offerings consist of Size Reduction Services (shredding, grinding, metal separation) and Pelletization Services (underwater, water-ring, and strand systems) which work together as the primary material transformation processes. National Programs & Supply Chain Recycling Management serves as the operational framework coordinating nationwide recycling initiatives. Consulting Services, Remote Mobile Programs, and Ferrous & Non-ferrous Metal & Fines Removal operate as supplementary capabilities. The company also specializes by industry vertical including Automotive, Packaging & Material Handling, and Supply Chain Buy-Back Recycling sectors, processing materials such as PE, PP, PVC, TPO, TPE, TPR, and PET.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Toll Processing Fee-for-service processing of customer-owned plastic scrap at PSI's facilities, where PSI charges for converting scrap into reusable specification-grade material on the customer's behalf.
• Mobile Plastic Processing / Shredding On-site mobile shredding and processing service deployed to customer locations to reduce logistics costs and provide local capacity for managing plastic scrap streams.
• Reclaimed Recycled Plastic / Recycled-Content Materials Sale of specification-grade recycled plastic resin and reclaimed raw materials produced from processing post-industrial plastic scrap, marketed to manufacturers seeking recycled-content feedstock.
• Prime Virgin Polymer Distribution Distribution of prime (virgin) plastic polymers to complement PSI's recycled-material offerings, allowing customers to source both recycled and virgin resin from one supplier.
• Recycled-Content Brokerage Brokerage service connecting buyers and sellers of recycled plastic content, leveraging PSI's market position to source hard-to-find recycled-content grades.
• Regrind Processing Processing of customer scrap into specification-grade regrind for direct reuse in manufacturing lines, applying PSI's size reduction, metal and fiber separation, and de-painting capabilities.
• Plastic Recycling Consulting Consulting services advising manufacturers on plastic recycling strategy, scrap streams, and closed-loop program design, drawing on PSI's operational experience.
• Proprietary De-Painting Process Specialized paint-removal treatment applied to automotive plastic components (e.g., fascias, bumpers) to deliver contamination-controlled, specification-grade recycled polymer suitable for direct reuse in manufacturing lines.

Quantifiable outcome

• Less than 1% returns on close to a billion pounds of material produced
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FP InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2006In 2006, PSI acquired six dual-diameter water-ring extruders from FP International, capable of degassing and simultaneously pelletizing EPS. This acquisition made PSI the largest contract toll recycler of EPS on the East coast. PSI honors FP International's customer relationships keeping all contacts and engagements confidential.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• KW Plastics: One of the largest post-consumer and post-industrial polypropylene recyclers in North America, producing PCR polypropylene resins for injection molding and extrusion — directly comparable to PSI's pelletization services for PP/TPO/TPE/TPR.
• Custom Polymers (Circulus Holdings): Toll processor and recycler of post-industrial plastics offering compounding, blending, and pelletizing services. Operates in the same toll-processing niche as PSI with overlapping automotive and packaging customer bases.
• Heritage Plastics: Manufacturer of recycled-content polyolefin compounds for film, molding, and extrusion applications. Directly comparable to PSI's compounding and pelletization operations serving industrial converters.
• MBA Polymers: Industrial plastics recycler producing high-quality PCR resins from complex waste streams (automotive, electronics, appliances). Closely matches PSI's size-reduction, metal-separation, and pelletization capabilities targeting durable goods manufacturers.
• Birch Plastics: Plastics recycling and compounding company producing PCR/PIR resins for injection molding and extrusion, with overlapping customer base in automotive and industrial markets.
• CarbonLite Industries: PET bottle-to-bottle and food-grade rPET recycler; competes for industrial and packaging scrap streams and offers a comparable closed-loop recycling proposition to PSI's pelletization services.
• Envision Plastics: Plastics recycler producing PCR resins (HDPE, PP) for packaging and industrial applications, with similar size-reduction and pelletization infrastructure to PSI.

Emerging players

• GreenMantra Technologies: Chemical/advanced recycler that converts post-consumer and post-industrial plastics into specialty waxes and polymers. Competes with mechanical recyclers like PSI for feedstock supply, particularly from automotive and packaging scrap streams.

Broad incumbents

• Suez Recycling and Recovery (Veolia): Global environmental services operator with plastics recycling capabilities, competing for enterprise sustainability and recycling programs. As a broad incumbent, it offers similar end-to-end recycling fulfillment but at much larger scale than PSI.
• Waste Management Recycle America: Largest North American waste and recycling services provider with plastics recycling operations at scale. A broad incumbent competing with PSI for enterprise recycling program contracts, particularly in packaging and supply-chain verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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