Infichem Polymers reaches Accelerate Michigan semifinals

Infichem Polymers isn't just making a name for itself as a plastics company but as a green company.

The Sterling Heights-based start-up reuses a main chemical in polyurethane foam as a basic building block to manufacture new polyurethane foam. The old polyurethane foam comes from post-industrial scrap that is normally landfilled. Reusing it in Infichem's InfiGreen polyol helps reduce the Co2 emissions and is sustainable and contains natural renewable oils with reducing the amount of foam scrap that goes to landfill.

"Our polyol is the greenest polyol in the world," says Gerald Winslow, vice president of sales & marketing for Infichem Polymers.

And it has been in high demand. Infichem Polymers has signed up some large customers, such as Chrysler and Magna. That has allowed the 3-year-old firm to grow its revenues by 1,200 percent and hire six people. It now employs 12 people and expects to keep up that torrid pace of growth.

Infichem Polymers has also made the semi-finals of this year's Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition. It won the Advanced Materials category in the competition last year and is setting it sights higher this year.

"We think we have a chance to win the top prize this year," Winslow says.

Source: Gerald Winslow, vice president of sales & marketing for Infichem Polymers
Writer: Jon Zemke

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