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About Barbour Plastics
Barbour Plastics, Inc. is a Brockton, Massachusetts-based manufacturer with a legacy that stretches back to 1971, when its parent company, Barbour Corporation, pivoted from leather welting into vinyl extrusion to keep pace with evolving manufacturing trends. What began as a niche supplier to the footwear industry has grown into one of America's most respected custom thermoplastic extrusion houses, serving industries from marine boat building to commercial refrigeration, construction, and retail display.
A Legacy Built on Precision Engineering
Barbour Corporation itself traces its roots back well over a century as a privately held, family-owned company headquartered in Brockton, Massachusetts, with an additional manufacturing facility in Atlanta, Georgia. That long institutional history translates directly into deep materials expertise: Barbour Plastics works with an expansive portfolio of thermoplastics, including PVC, ABS, polycarbonate, HDPE, LDPE, polypropylene, and acrylic, as well as newer TPV and TPE compounds for sealing and gasket applications. Advanced processes such as co-extrusion, tri-extrusion, and cellular foam extrusion allow engineers to combine multiple materials—rigid and flexible, single-color and multi-color—into a single, cost-efficient production profile.
Marine Industry Leadership
Of all the markets Barbour Plastics serves, the marine segment stands out as its largest and most established. For more than three decades, the company has specialized in extruded rub rail systems designed to shield boat hulls from the punishing contact of dock pilings, piers, and moorings. These marine rub rails are produced from high-quality, UV-resistant PVC engineered to withstand years of exposure to salt water, sun, and the unpredictable forces of docking. Beyond rub rails, Barbour's marine lineup extends to dock bumpers, trim extrusions, and a growing family of products developed under the Barbour Marine brand for boat builders, dock builders, boat lift manufacturers, and trailer suppliers.
Broad Industrial Capability
Barbour Plastics manufactures and stocks a wide range of standard profiles—including plastic tubing, decorative edge trims, T-moldings, U-channels, corner trims, and utility bumpers—while simultaneously producing high volumes of fully custom tooling for OEM customers. The company competes in markets as varied as POP retail and display fixtures, commercial refrigeration, construction, and small motor vehicles, reflecting the versatility that comes from operating more than 30 extrusion lines across its two U.S. facilities. Barbour's acquisition of Keller Products' extrusion division further expanded its capability into engineering-grade resins, broadening the materials portfolio available to product designers.
Engineering Collaboration from Concept to Production
What sets Barbour apart from commodity extruders is its commitment to engineering partnership. The company integrates tooling fabrication and design collaboration under one roof, and offers 3D-printed profile prototypes within 24–48 hours of design approval—letting customers validate fit, form, and function before a single production die is cut. Tight dimensional tolerances of ±1% across profiles ranging from under 0.25″ to 12″ wide ensure consistency from first article through full-scale production runs. This approach, combined with purposeful cost management, allows Barbour Plastics to compete globally while proudly manufacturing in the United States.