Summerville Manufacturer Goes Green

It looks like the low country may be leading the way in South Carolina’s efforts to go green. Check this article out from the business journal in Charleston.

By Andy Owens
aowens@scbiznews.com

Published March 3, 2009

A Summerville-based manufacturer of aluminum products has started offering recycled aluminum products for customers after seeing a growing demand for LEED-certified building materials.

Briteline Extrusions Inc., which operates a 95,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on Beech Hill Road, makes extruded aluminum parts primarily for the shower door industry, retail displays, pivot rods for the vertical blind industry and aluminum trim and molding for floor, walls and doors.

“We are seeing a strong demand now from the building industry for their extrusions to be made with secondary billet,” Briteline President Kenneth Kabine said.

Architects are specifying the use of aluminum extrusions to qualify for the LEED certification — Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, he said.

Read the rest of the article here.

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