![]() ![]() Wittenberg, an organic chemist by training, made his living by using the waste of others to produce marketable products, something he did with his first company, which converted scrap metal into parts for knitting machinery. "Recycling is the best way I know to make money," he said in a Jinterview with FSB, shrugging off the label of an environmentalist. ![]() Roger Wittenberg never claimed to be motivated by a need to protect the environment, but his entrepreneurial career reflected a concern for just that. The company's products are also available at Home Depot stores, either directly or via special order, throughout the United States. Trex materials are sold at more than 3,300 contractor-oriented lumberyards in the United States and Canada. The company's products are manufactured at plants in Winchester, Virginia Fernley, Nevada and Olive Branch, Mississippi. Its railing systems are sold in three varieties as well, a Traditional Series, an Artisan Series, and a Trex Designer Series. The company's decking is sold under the Trex brand in three varieties, Trex Origins, Trex Accents, and Trex Brasilia. manufactures decking and railing using a combination of reclaimed wood and recycled plastic. acquires Wittenberg's technology and re-brands the material Timbrex.ġ994: Mobil focuses on the residential decking market, changing the name of the composite to Trex as part of the new market orientation.ġ996: Four Mobil executives complete a leveraged buyout of the decking assets.ġ999: Trex completes its initial public offering (IPO) of stock and opens a second manufacturing facility in Fernley, Nevada.Ģ004: Construction begins on a third manufacturing facility in Olive Branch, Mississippi. NAIC: 326122 Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturingġ988: Roger Wittenberg combines sawdust and shredded plastic bags, creating a material he calls Rivenite.ġ992: Mobil Chemical Co.
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