ADS breaks ground on Missouri plant

14 October 2016


United States - Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS), broke ground on new manufacturing facility in Harrisonville, Missouri, it announced on October 5. This will be the Company’s 62nd manufacturing plant, and its first in Missouri.

The new 72,650 sqf manufacturing facility is expected to open in the first half of 2017, bringing new employment opportunities to the region. This plant represents a significant capital investment for ADS, whose growth is a result of favorable policies enacted by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). In 2011, and again in 2014, MoDOT updated its standards specification to allow plastic pipe to be used in statewide infrastructure projects for storm water management.

The Company intends to employ approximately 50 people at this facility when fully staffed, and will hire locally for employment opportunities in management, machine operation, and transportation, among others.

The demand for ADS products has grown significantly, including revenue growth of 50 per cent from 2011, the year MoDOT updated their specifications. Enabling specifier choice has contributed to this growth, and could be replicated across the country with similar policy advances.