A manufacturing facility producing polyethylene and polypropylene compounds used in medical applications offers updated compounding technologies. Alloy Polymers Inc. (Richmond, VA; 804/232-8000) has also adopted specialized operating procedures, quality control audits, and operator and supervisor training at the new facility. The site's secure environment features two 90-mm Werner-Pfleiderer ZSK twin-screw extrusion lines and customized material-handling and -feeding systems. Facility design and operation meet industry and regulatory standards and comply with FDA's CGMPs.