Polymer, GTR Tanks Expand Product Line At South Florida Materials
(3rd Quarter 2011)
Opened as a liquid asphalt terminal in 2004, South Florida Materials Corp. was the original facility of the Vecellio Groups energy division, Vecenergy.
The terminal added diesel tanks a few years later and more recently, began offering Polymer Modified Asphalt (PMA) and Asphalt Rubber Binder (commonly called GTR or ground tire rubber) to expand its product line.
South Florida Materials is located in the Port of Palm Beach.
Above: South Florida Materials PMA and GTR let down tanks gleam in the afternoon sun. (Photo by Carl Thiemann)
Above left: Eric Mendez adjusts a valve adding virgin liquid asphalt to the PMA mixing tank.
Above right: Wearing protective gear, Russell Ewell adds a cross-link agent to a slurry tank as part of the PMA process. (Photos by Carl Thiemann)