(l-r) Senior Technical Advisor Larry Ensley, Inman Mayor Cornelius Huff, Inman City Administrator Jeremy B. Caudle, and Hubbard-Hall President and CEO Molly Kellogg
Hubbard-Hall has officially opened its newly renovated lab located in Inman, SC. The company invested over half a million dollars in the renovation, adding 40% more capacity for the product development of specialty chemicals for metal finishing. With additional benches and an expanded pilot lab, the company has also increased its technical service capabilities.
Hubbard-Hall, headquartered in Waterbury, CT, acquired the former peach-packing facility in Inman in 1974 and has steadily reinvested in the plant. A small expansion in 1978 was followed by a million dollar modernization in 1995. The facility currently employees 27 people and includes manufacturing, customer service, purchasing, sales and technical service.
"From a tech service and product development point of view, we want to be our customers' best supplier, and to do this we need a best-in-class lab," said President/CEO Molly Kellogg. "Investing significant dollars behind our people and our products just makes sense."
Equipment in the new R&D lab includes an ion chromatography unit, an FT-IR, an Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer and a Karl Fischer Water Analysis. The Pilot Lab houses two corrosion chambers that allows multiple ASTM corrosion tests to run simultaneously, spray wash cabinets, multiple tank lines to mimic customer processes, a vibratory bowl and a line to test the company's black oxide product line, Black Magic.
For more information contact:
Hubbard-Hall
563 South Leonard Street
Waterbury, CT 06708
800-648-3412 / 203-756-5521
sales@hubbardhall.com
www.hubbardhall.com
Hubbard-Hall Southeast Branch
1101 Compton Bridge Road
Inman, SC 29349-0846
864-472-9031