Plastics News - May 3, 1999 CPI Plastics To Open New Extrusion Unit MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO - CPI Plastics Group Ltd. is opening its fifth profile extrusion plant, mainly to make a wood replacement called Extrudawood. The company is leasing a facility in Mississauga, where it already has three other plants and its headquarters, said spokeswoman Kate Kalin. It soon will install four new extruders and plans to add 10 more there by the end of the year. Company officials did not disclose the cost of the project or equipment suppliers. The new plant boosts CPI's manufacturing space to 275,000 square feet. President Ron Mitchell said a new decking system based on the extruded polystyrene compound will be introduced at building retailers this spring. MacMillan Bloedel Building Materials of Vancouver, British Columbia, will distribute the system in 13 states in the western United States. CPI also recently agreed to have a newly formed private company, Extrudawood Outdoor Systems Inc. of Mississauga, distribute Extrudawood throughout North America for outdoor applications. back to top