Innovakote Receives $273,000 for Recycling Excess Powder Coatings Discarded in West Michigan
KENT CITY, MI — Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), announced the largest EGLE grant awarded a private business this year went to powder coating manufacturer Innovakote’s work in recycling powder coatings locally. The company will primarily invest the grant money on highly specialized equipment that takes discarded powder coating and turns 100% of it back into virgin powder coating.
“We have a vision to take the 2 billion pounds of excess powder coating dumped or burned every year, and put it to good use,” said Brian Spicer, Co-Founder of Innovakote. “This allows us to start at home, in West Michigan, where about four to six million pounds go to landfills annually.”