# Kolmi-Hopen to build nitrile glove plant in Bessé-sur-Braye, France

Kolmi-Hopen, a subsidiary of Canadian group Medicom, will invest over EUR 40 million to build an automated nitrile glove factory on the former Arjowiggins site in Bessé-sur-Braye, France. The plant will produce up to 2 billion gloves per year and create over 300 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-05-19
- Where: Bessé-sur-Braye, Sarthe, France
- Value: $48.8M (40.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 300
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 2 billion gloves per year
- Products: nitrile gloves for food industry and surgical use
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Kolmi-Hopen](https://endata.com/companies/47802.md)
- [Medicom](https://endata.com/companies/6692.md) (investor)
- [Manikheir](https://endata.com/companies/55272.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [agence-api.ouest-france.fr](https://agence-api.ouest-france.fr/industrie/industrie-kolmi-hopen-va-creer-300-emplois-sur-lex-usine-arjowiggins-c9c5f062-2c15-46d8-aaae-a565d1fac3fa), 2021-05-19: "Ce projet s'inscrit dans une véritable démarche de relocalisation de productions jusqu'alors opérées en Asie du Sud-Est et de réindustrialisation de notre pays"

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