RheTech is riding the wave of a growing economy and a resurgent automotive industry.
The Whitmore Lake-based plastics firm has hired a number of new employees in operations, accounting and customer service. A company spokesman described the number of new hires as “less than 15” but did say it now employs 200 people and a few interns companywide.
"Business is really good," says Kevin Seitz, vice president of sales & marketing for
RheTech. "We have been growing."
Seitz says the company’s growth is being spurred by a combination of a rebounding economy and automotive industry, along with new sales of the firm’s newest product,
RheVision. The green product is a fiber-reinforced polypropylene that replaces traditional minerals with renewable bio waste that are traditionally burned or buried.
RheTech has production facilities across the U.S. and two plants at Ann Arbor and Fowlerville. The 44-year-old company has added warehouse space and plant capacity between those two Michigan-based facilities to meet the rising demand for its products.
"We're optimistic about the future," Seitz says.
Source: Kevin Seitz, vice president of sales & marketing for RheTech
Writer: Jon Zemke
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