BUYER: Teknor Apex Co., Pawtucket, R.I.
SELLER: Chem Polymer Corp.
PROPERTY: 2443 Rockfill Road, Fort Myers
PRICE: $1.63 million
PREVIOUS PRICE: $69,000, February 1984
LAW FIRM ON DEED: Denis H. Noah Esq., Fort Myers
PLANS, DESCRIPTION: The diversified material-science company Teknor Apex has taken ownership of the two-building, 50,602-square-foot industrial manufacturing building housing Chem Polymer Corp. in Fort Myers for $1.63 million.
Teknor Apex acquired the U.K. and U.S. engineering thermoplastics compounding businesses of Chem Polymer in late 2004, and since then Chem Polymer has operated under its own name.
The 2.68-acre property, which features a 27,002-square-foot building and a 23,600-square-foot building, has been listed for sale.
Founded in 1924, the privately held Teknor Apex employs 2,000 people from nine locations in the United States, and one site each in Singapore, the United Kingdom and China.