New North Carolina site will expand Nelipak’s
capabilities from Europe to the Americas
Cranston,
RI – December 16, 2022 – Nelipak
Corporation (“Nelipak”), a leading global manufacturer of rigid and flexible
packaging solutions for medical device, diagnostic, pharmaceutical drug
delivery, and other demanding applications, announced that it will establish a
new flexible packaging production site in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Nelipak
currently supplies its industry leading range of healthcare flexible packaging
products to customers worldwide from three production sites located in Europe.
The addition of a new flagship production site in the U.S. will replicate Nelipak’s
existing capabilities to support growing demand in the Americas region. Nelipak’s
healthcare flexible packaging product line includes custom-designed roll-stock,
die cut lids and sheets, pouches and bags. These products incorporate a range
of material substrates (films, Tyvek®, papers, foil-laminates), as well as
Nelipak’s range of heat-seal coating technologies Nelipak CR27 and Nelipak
SBP2000.
“We
are excited to announce our first flexible packaging site in the Americas
region,” said Pat Chambliss, CEO of Nelipak. “This site will allow us to
provide the same high-quality healthcare flexible packaging products we
currently offer to customers worldwide from a new world-class facility with new
state-of-the art equipment. Important
factors in our site selection include an attractive geographic location within
North Carolina’s growing life science cluster, an available new building, a
regional emphasis on training and education, a skilled local workforce, and an
overall favorable business climate for healthcare-related manufacturing. We
appreciate the enthusiasm and support for this project in the local community
and look forward to a long-term partnership.”
The
new site is a 110,000 square-foot, new construction Class-A industrial building
which will be built out to Nelipak’s specifications for healthcare packaging
production including ISO-7 clean room space and shall hold ISO 13485
certification. Nelipak expects the project to include approximately $20 million
of capital investment and create approximately 80 new jobs over the next five
years. The site is expected to open in late 2023.
This
initiative is supported by the North Carolina One NC fund as well as the
Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina who were key partners in the
project that included the North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina
Community College System, Forsyth County, City of Winston-Salem and Greater
Winston-Salem, Inc.
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About
Nelipak®
Nelipak® is a leading global manufacturer of rigid and flexible
packaging solutions
for medical device, diagnostic, pharmaceutical drug delivery, and other
demanding applications. To support the development of innovative
sustainable packaging solutions, Nelipak offers in-house design, prototyping,
tooling, simulation, validation, laboratory, and other value-added services as
well as a line of tray sealing equipment.
With 1,400 employees and 11 sites globally,
including 6 sites in North America (US, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico) and 5 sites in
Europe (Ireland, Netherlands, UK), Nelipak is committed to delivering superior
quality, service, and customer experience through world-class cleanroom
manufacturing. For more information, visit www.nelipak.com.
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and Tyvek® are trademarks owned by affiliates of DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
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Director of Global Marketing
Nelipak
+353-91-709-163
sean.egan@nelipak.com
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SVM Public Relations
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