Recycling Waste into Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions

CT Polymers, located in rural Indiana, is a custom compounder of thermoplastic resins.   They take plastic waste and give it a new life as a compounding resin used by multiple industries to make all sorts of things – from trash cans, sump pumps, car frames, furniture, and more. Owner Chris Roseri founded CT Polymers in 2018 when he built state of the art facilities on a green site in Bourbon, Indiana that give plastic waste and scrap new life as customized compoundable thermoplastic resin. Roseri says his company fills a need for U.S. manufacturers who traditionally had to turn to overseas resin producers for product.

“We’re pretty excited to see manufacturing expand in the US and we’re definitely doing a big investment for next year with the help of our seventh SBA 504 loan.  We’re expanding our Indiana facility by 45,000 sq ft, adding another compounding line and creating at least 35 new jobs.”

Since inception, Roseri has actively worked with the SBA for access to capital, taking advantage of several loan programs, including the 504, for over $11 M. Roseri also owns two plants in rural communities (the other is in Searcy, Arkansas) and employs 129 people servicing customers throughout the Midwest and Southeastern United States. He was a participant in the first SBA Made in America Manufacturing Roadshow roundtable, held in Indianapolis, Indiana March 11, 2025. Roseri says he sees tariffs as a positive game changer for onshoring U.S. production industries.

“Tariff talk has opened new opportunities for us to quote manufacturing jobs in the Midwest that historically had at least one supply source from another country on compounded resins,” Rosseri states. “With the tariffs, injection molders are looking to U.S. supply partners like us.”

For more information on SBA resources and the 504 Loan Program, visit www.sba.gov/in.