CHARLESTOWN – Governor Mike Braun announced today that Global Polymers, a Kentucky-based small business and provider of recycled plastic products, plans to expand its operations in Charlestown, creating up to 30 new jobs by the end of 2030. The company will relocate its headquarters and operations to Indiana to position the businesses for growth.
“Indiana’s healthy business climate and opportunities for business growth are attracting more jobs for Hoosiers,” said Governor Braun. “We are proud to welcome Global Polymers to our state and to our southern Indiana community, where the company will have the skilled talent needed to grow.”
Global Polymers specializes in formulating and manufacturing recycled plastics and resins, leveraging innovative solutions to reuse and up-cycle perceived waste. The company will invest more than $8.5 million to establish operations at 100 Quality Court, renovating and equipping a nearly 165,000-square-foot space to suit its needs and enable growth of its recycling and production capabilities that support a circular economy. The new space will also support the relocation of Global Freight, the company’s for-hire transportation business supporting its logistics operations.
The company plans to move into its new Indiana facility and begin hiring yet this month. New positions are expected to offer average wages 125% higher than the Clark County average.
“This relocation and expansion mark an important milestone for Global Polymers,” said Barry McRoberts, founder and managing member of Global Polymers. “As demand for our products continues to grow, this investment will enhance our ability to serve customers through expanded capabilities and new product offerings. We appreciate the support of the city of Charlestown, One Southern Indiana, and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, whose partnership has been critical to advancing this next phase of growth.”
Global Polymers, founded in 1993, joins Indiana’s robust ecosystem of small businesses that employ 1.2 million Hoosiers. The company is the industry leader in closed loop recycling, certified destruction and an innovator in the recycling of hard-to-recycling post-consumer and post-industrial mixed and contaminated plastics. Global Polymers provides reprocessed polypropylene resins in a variety of forms for extruders and molders.
“We are excited that Global Polymers has chosen Charlestown for this significant investment,” said Charlestown Mayor Treva Hodges. “The revitalization of this facility reinforces the strength of our workforce, quality of our community, and highlights our commitment to fostering smart growth and high-quality job opportunities in our community.”
Based on the company’s job creation plans, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) committed an investment in Global Polymers of up to $290,000 in the form of incentive-based tax credits. These incentives are performance-based, meaning the company is eligible to claim state benefits once jobs are created. The city of Charlestown offered additional incentives to support the project.
