NORDENIA opens second plant in North America

By opening the new Hubble Creek plant, NORDENIA USA has nearly doubled its floor space. The specialist for high-quality films and packaging designed the new 17,000-square-meter building, which was officially inaugurated on Wednesday, June 27, to function as a Center of Competence for pre-made packaging. At the beginning of the year, the plant had installed a new Totani bag making machine; new production lines and printing presses will follow. The entire investment volume, which includes the new machine, totals € 3.5 million (the building is leased). In the medium term, the expansion of the capacities is expected to create more than 50 new positions. As a result, NORDENIA USA Jackson now operates two plants in North America, Hubble Creek and Indian Creek, both of which are located in Missouri.

The site, which has the second-highest sales in the NORDENIA Group, generates about 45% of its sales with products for the Hygiene endmarket and 25%, in each case, with products for the Food and the Petcare & Garden Products endmarkets. The most important products are elastic diaper components, for which the NORDENIA Group is the global market leader, FlexZiBox®, bags with four sealed edges, NorDiBag flexible packaging, and stand-up pouches. NORDENIA USA's customers include the world's leading consumer goods manufacturers. The new plant will focus on flexible packaging for the Food and Petcare & Garden endmarkets.

The Hubble Creek plant, which is named after the small creek that runs behind the building, offers permanent space for 4-6 additional bag lines. The new building, which currently houses 95 employees, is located 16 kilometers from the Indian Creek main plant. It is owned by an external company, from which NORDENIA USA is leasing the space.

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