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For Sale: Discounted PVC and CPVC Pipe and Fitting Inventory

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2022

Prince plans to participate in Euro Chlor Technical Symposium

May 3-5, 2022, Warszawa, Poland

2021

Prince participates in and sponsors The Chlorine Institute’s Virtual Spring Meeting

March 22-25, 2021

Prince Launches Redesigned and Detailed Website

January 2021

Prince launches a new, modern website, providing our customers with the most up-to-date information about our products and services. The website provides details and navigation in a user and mobile-friendly way. 

2020

Prince Enters New, Promising Era with HQ Move to New Location in Buffalo, NY

Summer 2020

Prince acquires a new 45,000 SqFt facility at 45 Hazelwood Drive in Buffalo, which enables Prince to vastly expand its production, inventory capacity, and shipping efficiency, compared to its former Arthur Street plant. The Hazelwood location is an updated facility, in a beautiful, forested industrial park that provides a tremendous working environment to Prince employees. Plant offices, personnel, machinery, and equipment have completed moving to this new facility in August 2020.

2019

Prince participates in The Chlorine Institute's Technical Symposium

Apr 8-10, 2019, Houston, TX, USA

2017

Prince participates in Euro Chlor Technical Symposium

May 16-18, 2017, Berlin, Germany

Prince participates in The Chlorine Institute's Technical Symposium

Mar 13-16, 2017, New Orleans, LA, USA

2016

Prince Becomes an ESOP Company

June

After decades of being owned by the Prince family, Prince was bought entirely by its employees as a stock-ownership company. All employees have a vested interest in the performance of the company, providing an incentive for employees to Prince’s continued success!

2013

Chlorine Institute 2013 Annual Meeting, Technology Symposium and Expo

April 7- 10 (Houston, Texas)

Tom Hanshar, President of Prince Rubber & Plastics is a guest speaker. Topics include:

  1. Prince Advanced Panacea® Long Life Seal Systems for Diaphragm Cells Using Fluoroplastic Diaphragms
  2. Prince Advanced Panacea® Extended Life Seal Systems for Chlor Alkali Membrane Cells

2012

December

Dorothy Hardy & Tom McKinstry present toys from the employees of Prince Rubber & Plastics Co., Inc. to Richard Ulrich with the Marine Corp Leage for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. Toys collected are distributed to children in the Baton Rouge community.

Clorosur 8th Technical Seminar

November 8-9, 2012, Campina, Brazil

Prince Rubber and Plastics took part in the 8th Clorosur Technical Seminar in Brazil, South America. President Thomas S. Hanshar was a keynote speaker, presenting Long life seal systems for diaphragm cells using long life synthetic diaphragms.

Prince Expansion Project

Prince is in the process of constructing a new building at its Buffalo, NY location. This expansion will provide additional square footage to expand their molding capabilities.

WNY Engineer

Victor Monter, Chief Engineer M.E. of Prince Rubber & Plastics Co., Inc. has written the cover story for WNY Engineer, A publication of The Engineering Society of Buffalo (ESB)
Issue 5 , Vol. 84, January 2012

2011

Prince advertises in Paper360°

Paper360° is the only global publication dedicated to exploring the links within the pulp & paper industry: from forest resource to finished product; from superintendent to CEO; around the industry, around the world.

"Top Private Companies" List - 10 Years in a Row

Business First gave Prince Rubber & Plastics Co., Inc. the honor of being on it’s “Top Private Companies” in Buffalo list. A reception was held at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens in November, 2011.

C8th International Chlorine Technology Conference & Exhibition

April 5-7, 2011, Budapest – Hungary

Prince Rubber & Plastics participated in this conference.

2009

JP Morgan Corporate Challenge

June 4, 2009, Buffalo, NY

Prince Rubber Participated in the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge

Larry Terzian, CFO of the Year - 2009

Business First presented Larry Terzian of Prince Rubber & Plastics with a CFO of the year award for small to medium size companies.

2004

Prince Rubber Looks to Electrical Markets

By Jane Schmitt | BUSINESS FIRST November 19, 2004

The Buffalo News

January 25, 2004

Prince Rubber and Plastics Co., a manufacturer and fabricator of corrosion resistant mechanical type rubber and plastics products for the heavy chemical industry, promoted Thomas S. Hanshar to president of the Buffalo headquartered corporation. Hanshar previously served as vice president of sales. Also, the company promoted Richard E. Ulrich, former vice president, to executive vice president, and Thomas A. McKinstry to vice president at the Baton Rouge facility. In addition, Prince promoted Rene E. Kalynycz to vice president and business manager/sales.