# IRIS USA completes $6.1M expansion for face mask production in Wisconsin

IRIS USA Inc. has completed a $6.1 million expansion at its Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin factory to ramp up face mask production. The project will add 26 machines over three years, raising capacity to 70 million disposable face masks per month and creating 90 jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-08-06
- Where: Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, United States
- Value: $6.10M
- Jobs: 90
- Starts operating: 9 Aug 2021
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 70 million disposable face masks per month
- Products: disposable face masks
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [IRIS USA](https://endata.com/companies/3329.md)
- [IRIS Ohyama](https://endata.com/companies/3330.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [tradeandindustrydev.com](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/region/wisconsin/news/wi-iris-usa-expands-operations-creating-90-new-18261), 2021-08-06: "IRIS USA Inc. is ramping up face mask production at its factory in southeast Wisconsin now that a $6.1 million expansion has been completed."

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