Polykar Production Facility | ?m | 3s | Polykar Industries | FarMor Architecture

[KyleBlanchett]

Polykar, a Quebec plastics and compostable bags company, will be building a 50,000 sq ft manufacturing facility on 3 acres they purchased in the Discovery Business Park in South Edmonton - to be ready in 2021

 

[Daveography]

@KyleBlanchett Looks neat, wonder who the architect is?

ETA bit more info here:

Edmonton site secured for Polykar facility - constructconnect.com - Journal Of Commerce

EDMONTON, ALTA. - Polykar, a packaging manufacturer, announced it has acquired a site for a new production facility in Edmonton. The company will use the state-of-the-art facility to make flexible packaging including polyethylene film, certified compos

canada.constructconnect.com

 

[KyleBlanchett]

@Daveography The architect is FarMor Architecture they are based out of Calgary.

 

[archited]

Here is their URL -- http://www.fmarch.ca/Projects/. The project looks more substantial than warrants the "Miscellaneous" category. Pretty exciting for a manufacturing facility -- far more than one might have expected ? Looks like a 3-storey building.

 

[Kaizen]

It's nice to see the continued growth of manufacturing in South Edmonton & EIA. Excellent news !
The design looks really good up front - very good, far more bland in the production facility end I'd guess...

 

[Daveography]

Permit Type Major Development Permit
Permit Class Class A
Permit Date Jan 23, 2020
Status Approved
Description of Development To construct an Industrial, Light building. (Polykar)
Address 9406 - 130 STREET SW

 

[Daveography]

Higher res renders via FarMor Architecture:

Polykar Edmonton – FarMor Architecture

www.fmarch.ca

 

[archited]

Again, can you identify the milky white panels on this building?

 

[Kaizen]

Plastic Panel Polykar, or paper mache...

 

[archited]

not quite @Kaizen -- you have only 1/2 a guess left.

 

[Kaizen]

Densglass This is only a 1/4 guess.

 

[.crystalised.]

The recent Apollo Masters fire in California spells a great opportunity for petrochemical companies like Polykar to diversify their offerings. How cool would it be if the new Edmonton facility became the leading supplier of blank lacquers for vinyl record mastering in North America?

Why The Fire At Apollo Masters Plant Doesn't Mean Vinylgeddon Is Upon Us

When news broke that a fire had decimated Apollo Masters, many described it as a massive blow to the future of vinyl. Some experts aren’t nearly as gloomy.

blog.discogs.com

 

[archited]

@.crystalised. you are hitting on a favorite subject of mine -- the need for the Alberta economy to rapidly transition to an end-product producing manufacturer of goods (and services). And your grasp here of the need and opportunity is just one good example of this. There is a dramatic resurgence in the demand for vinyl LPs (especially from purist audiophiles) and having so many masters' lacquers produced in one location in Banning -- in hindsight -- was a tragic oversight in the industry (I bet without much effort we could name dozens more industries that are likewise vulnerable). Excellent find and a well-thought-out observation!
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[.crystalised.]

@.crystalised. you are hitting on a favorite subject of mine -- the need for the Alberta economy to rapidly transition to an end-product producing manufacturer of goods (and services). And your grasp here of the need and opportunity is just one good example of this. There is a dramatic resurgence in the demand for vinyl LPs (especially from purist audiophiles) and having so many masters' lacquers produced in one location in Banning -- in hindsight -- was a tragic oversight in the industry (I bet without much effort we could name dozens more industries that are likewise vulnerable). Excellent find and a well-thought-out observation!
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Thanks! Now we just have to get the word to Polykar and to city council somehow. Perhaps council could incentivize Polykar to diversify into this field by offering some kind of conditional tax break for coming to Edmonton (the same way the City had for Dell when they opened a call centre here in 2006).

 

[KyleBlanchett]

Looks like Polykar is in the final stages of the building permits and are hoping to break ground soon.