Spartech moves into Mexico. (Your Business in Brief).

Spartech Corp., St. Louis, has purchased certain assets from Industrias Acros Whirlpool, S.A. de C.V., a joint venture between Whirlpool Corp. and Vitro S.A. located in Monterrey, Mexico. The acquired business is a captive manufacturer of extruded sheet for refrigerators marketed under the Whirlpool, Acros, Supermatic, and other brands. Spartech will temporarily service this business through two of its existing Spartech Plastics plants, but will transfer the majority of such production to a new facility to open in Mexico later this year.

The purchase includes two extrusion lines and supporting equipment, which will be moved to the planned 110,000-sq-ft facility in Ramos Arizpe. This facility will be Spartech's first plant in Mexico and will perform both sheet extrusion and compounding.