About Us
About PVP Industries, Inc.
PVP was founded in 1984 and began production in 1985. Sales by industry is about 55% Horticultural, 25% Industrial and the remaining 20% by Construction. The Company currently employs approximately twenty-five, including the office staff. Fringe benefits include hospitalization, life, dental and disability insurance with prescription card. Vacations max out at 4 weeks after fifteen years. There are seven paid holidays.
Buildings: The Company operates out of a 41,000 sq. ft. steel building, 14,500 sq. ft. cold storage warehouse, 12,750 sq. ft. raw materials storage building housing approximately 3,000 tons of raw material on approximately 20 acres of land. All permits and zoning laws are current and the Company is in compliance with such regulations. The building has six shipping/ receiving docks and a portable dock ramp.
Production Equipment: The Company operates two Incon perlite furnaces. The Company also operates a Bouldon Lawson mixing line consisting of 5 ten-yard hoppers, 3 small hoppers and a liquid feeder, with a 250-gallon storage tank.
The mixing line can be run at a rate of up to 100 cubic yards per hour, but usually runs at 65 cubic yards per hour for bulk loads and slower for bagging products.
Packaging Equipment: The mixing line can feed the following
- Bouldon Lawson bagging system can be integrated for filling bags and other containers for contract and private label packaging. The bagging system can be incorporated into the mixing line it can also be used stand alone.
- All-Fill Auger Filler for filling bottles, small packaging and unique containers.
- Crown Packaging Sealers
- Two open-mouth bagging machines
- Two valve bagging machines
- A bulk truck loading facility
- A flat filling machine
The Company also owns other miscellaneous equipment such as a bag flattener, ribbon blender and five stretch wrap machines.
Vehicles: Rolling stock consists of the following: Five lift trucks of various ages, two front-end loaders and one yard lift truck.
