Cook of Cummings Properties brokers 5,000 s/f lease with MuCell Extrusion, LLC

Cummings Properties recently welcomed MuCell Extrusion, LLC to 212 West Cummings Park. The high-tech company, now occupying nearly 5,000 s/f in the Washington St. office park, provides a cleaner approach to the making of high quality plastic parts. Its technology is used by manufacturers of such familiar items as film packaging, yogurt cups, and garden hoses. Previously a division of Trexel Inc., MuCell required a new location as a result of its sale to UK-based Zotefoams in March. After considering its technology needs, MuCell turned to Cummings Properties. Bringing MuCell Extrusion to West Cummings Park presented some unusual challenges, said leasing director Derek Cook, who worked directly with MuCell on the lease. Among them was supplying enough heavy electrical power to operate its substantial machinery and equipment. "Once we identified a facility that was appropriate for MuCell's unique requirements, our construction group coordinated with NSTAR to install a new high voltage electrical service, and make it happen in very short order," said Cook. "Cummings Properties bent over backwards to meet our needs," said MuCell president Mark Lindenfelzer. "Working with them was a great experience, overall." MuCell joins a growing cluster of Cummings Properties client firms that employ environmentally friendly technology, including Levant Power Corporation, Joule Scientific, and Myriant Technologies. According to Lindenfelzer, while other plastic manufacturing methods use hydrocarbon-based additives, MuCell's technology applies the naturally occurring gasses of nitrogen and carbon dioxide in its process.