Most decking sites tell you what their product looks like. Fewer tell you where it comes from. American Pro PVC decking, porch flooring, and architectural mouldings are extruded by Patwin Plastics on a Linden, New Jersey production floor. The compound is mixed in-house. The dies are cut in-house. The tooling that runs the boards is ours.
That sentence is short, and it costs us money to be able to write it.
What "made in Linden" actually means
Patwin Plastics has been extruding precision PVC profiles since 1971. The decking and porch lines we run for American Pro use the same discipline that runs our other industrial profiles, just dressed for a backyard.
The practical version, in plain English:
- Compound mixed on site. We blend our own PVC formulation rather than buying pre-pelletized resin from a third party. That means we control the additive package, the impact modifier, the UV stabilizer, and the color.
- Dies cut on site. When a profile needs to change for a new groove geometry, a thicker wall, or a tighter tolerance, we cut the die in-house. Faster turnaround. Tighter control on the part that actually shapes the board.
- Tooling and runs are ours. The lines that make American Pro decking are not rented runs on someone else's schedule. They are our extrusion lines, scheduled by our team, tied to our QC.
- Inspection happens on the line. Boards are checked for groove geometry, board straightness, color match, and surface finish before they leave Linden.
We do not just badge a board. We extrude it.
Why a spec writer should care
When the geometry of a board changes for a project, or a finish needs a tweak for a commercial bid, or a custom run needs a shorter pitch on the grooves, the answer is not "we will check with the factory in another country and get back to you in eight weeks." The answer is a phone call to our shop floor.
That matters when:
- A multifamily or hospitality bid asks for documented domestic content on the deck or porch package.
- A historic district or rehab job needs a moulding profile that no one stocks anymore.
- A commercial spec needs traceable QC and ASTM/Intertek documentation tied to the actual production run.
- A contractor needs replacement boards mid-job and cannot wait on a transatlantic shipping window.
What this is not
We are careful with the made-in-Linden line because the words mean something. Two clarifications worth making, so we never overclaim:
The InvisiClip™ hidden fastener system is a different story. InvisiClip is American Pro's badge on the proven GRAD® system. The clip and aluminum rail components are produced under that system. We picked it because it works on our boards, we tested it together, and we brought it to market under our name. The fastener portfolio sits alongside our American-extruded decking. We do not pretend they are the same supply chain.
Hardware accessories vary. Stainless screws, class-D nails, GRAD keys, and similar small parts come from specialist hardware suppliers. They meet our specification, and they are clearly identified on the spec sheets and product pages.
The boards, the porch flooring, and the architectural mouldings, those we extrude. The hidden fastener system is GRAD-licensed. The accessories are sourced. That is the honest picture.
The shorter version
American Pro decking, porch flooring, and mouldings are made in Linden, New Jersey, by people whose names you can learn on the same call where you place an order. We extrude. We test. We ship. And when something on the job site needs to change, the people who can change it are 30 miles from the Holland Tunnel.