Bayshore Masterbatch Tolling Operations

Ingenia Polymers, the global leader in providing one-stop, full-service, post reactor operations for the world’s largest polymer producers and a global player in proprietary masterbatches and concentrates for converters, has acquired the Bayshore masterbatch tolling operations located at 1300 McCabe Road, La Porte, Texas (“Bayshore”) that were part of A. Schulman, Inc. prior to its acquisitions by LyondellBasell in 2018. The Bayshore transaction closed on March 2^nd, 2020.

With this acquisition, Ingenia brings added expertise and capacity to its existing world-class and infrastructure, increases its leadership in the polymer producer services market, an expands its capability to serve the converter market.

“The Bayshore operations at La Porte, led by an experience team and combined with Ingenia’s leading technologies and operations management, will help Ingenia to better serve customers across North America,” said John Lefas, founder and CEO of Ingenia Polymers. “We are committed to serving the industry with the best quality and service in the market, and our acquisition of the Bayshore operations reflects that commitment.”

In 2010, A. Schulman, Inc. acquired Bayshore Industrial, Inc. as part of an acquisition of ICO, Inc. Today, the Bayshore operations are led by a team consisting of approximately 100 employees with nearly 10 years in average experience. The facility expands Ingenia’s portfolio of processing equipment and technologies and has extensive quality assurance and R&D equipment. These operations serve a number of North America’s leading polymer producers and will continue to do so under Ingenia’s leadership.