Hi-Tech Color Selects Gray Construction to Design and Build New Manufacturing Facility

Hi-Tech Color, a manufacturer of solvent-based ink and coatings for automotive interiors, has partnered with Gray Construction to engineer, design and build its new facility in Odenton, Maryland. The new 37,500 s.f. plant will allow Hi-Tech Color to double its production capacity serving the North American market.

The new facility will require extensive engineering and design to replicate the company’s existing production process in Japan. This expansion will enable Hi-Tech Color to reduce its lead time for products to customers and reduce its reliance on imported goods. Hi-Tech Color’s new facility is expected to be complete by the summer of 2018.

About Hi-Tech Color

Hi-Tech Color, Inc. was established in 1988 in Odenton Maryland. It manufactures specialty coatings for automotive interiors and gravure printing inks for the shrink sleeve and decorative laminates markets. Hi-Tech Color is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dainichiseika Color and Chemicals Mfg Co. LTD headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Gray Construction

Gray Construction, is a nationally ranked engineering, architecture and construction firm with nearly 60 years of experience in manufacturing, automotive, food and beverage, distribution, hospitality and retail facility construction. Currently, Gray has several large projects that are underway or recently completed including: a Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facility in Vance, Ala.; a fresh pork processing facility in Coldwater, Mich. for Clemens Food Group; a specialty pet food kitchen and distribution center for Champion Petfoods in Auburn, Ky.; a utility vehicle manufacturing facility for Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation in Gainesville, Ga.;  an expansion to Wrigley’s Yorkville, Ill. campus; and a manufacturing facility for Weber Metals in Paramount, Calif.

If you have manufacturing plant construction needs, please contact Phil Seale, executive vice president, manufacturing/food & beverage markets at pseale@gray.com. Or, contact Jeff Bischoff, executive vice president, business development at jbischoff@gray.com.