Athens, GA (2019)

UGA Polymer Research, Development and Teaching Facility

Investment

  • NMTC Amount: $2,000,000
  • Total Project Cost: $8,500,000

IMPACT

  • 22 FTE jobs

Project Description

Plastic resin manufacturer in Athens, Georgia. It produices Advanced Polymers, Fibers & Coatings with a single goal: to develop materials and plastic replacements that completely break down and return to nature when discarded, either in soil, water, or marine environments.

Advanced Polymers, Fibers and Coatings is led by Jason Locklin, director of the New Materials Institute, a professor of chemistry and engineering, and a Distinguished Faculty Scholar in the UGA College of Engineering.

MAP

1155 Whitehall Road, Athens, GA 30605

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