Hollingsworth & Vose will invest $40.2 million to expand its Floyd County, Virginia facility by over 28,000 square feet for new production equipment, creating 25 new jobs. Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the project on 3 January 2023.
Ahlstrom-Munksjö completed its investment and started production on a new glass microfiber media line at its Turin plant, adding capacity for filtration and energy storage materials. The investment was first announced in January 2020.
Domtar will invest more than $60 million to expand its Engineered Absorbent Materials manufacturing operations in Jesup, Georgia, adding a large-scale airlaid nonwoven production line and 75 jobs. The expansion is expected to increase exports through the Port of Savannah by 60%.
Shawmut Corporation created a Health & Safety business unit and retrofitted about 70,000 square feet at its West Bridgewater, Massachusetts facility to make isolation gowns and N95 respirators. It also installed new assembly lines and automated production systems.
Thrace-LINQ, a fabric supplier to the textile industry, will invest $9 million to install a new production line at its Summerville facility in Dorchester County, South Carolina, starting in early 2018 and creating at least 10 jobs.