(Plastics News) -- Resin distribution firm Hanna Prime Inc. is changing its name to Resin Resource Inc. on Nov. 1, near the end of a year when the Arlington, Texas-based firm bounced back from the recent economic slowdown.
Hanna Prime's 2010 sales are expected to be up 40-45 percent vs. 2009, President Chris Allen said in an Oct. 18 phone interview. The firm has seen solid recovery in consumer goods, furniture, aerospace, healthcare and other markets, he explained.
Hanna Prime opened its doors in 2000 and now has 15 employees and annual sales of around $20 million. The firm now offers resins and compounds from 14 suppliers, including LyondellBasell Industries and LG Chem Ltd.
Moving ahead, Allen said the firm would like to add commodity grades of polyethylene and polystyrene, as well as a nylon resin, to its product mix.