Mohawk plans to operate a new state-of-the-art envelope manufacturing facility in the town of South Hadley, Massachusetts, resulting in the creation of up to 40 new jobs. Mohawk expects to produce over 500 million envelopes annually at the new facility.

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Mohawk plans to operate a new state-of-the-art envelope manufacturing facility in Western Massachusetts

Jan 11, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. Mohawk plans to operate a new state-of-the-art envelope manufacturing facility in the town of South Hadley, Massachusetts, resulting in the creation of up to 40 new jobs, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

Mohawk intends to enter into a seven year lease agreement on the 112,342 square foot facility beginning January 1, 2015. Pending successful completion of the ongoing lease negotiation, construction is scheduled to begin in early January 2015, and the facility is expected to be fully functional by the end of April 2015.

“Our plan to create a new envelope converting facility in South Hadley, Massachusetts represents our commitment to further growth of Mohawk’s envelope business,” said Thomas D. O’Connor, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Mohawk.

“Since January of this year, we have committed to investments of nearly $5 million in new envelope converting equipment and facility upgrades, and the creation of 100 new jobs for skilled envelope workers. Our envelope business is vibrant, rapidly growing, and we are uniquely positioned to serve our customers with fast delivery, exceptional integrity, and the highest quality envelopes available in the industry,” O’Connor continued.

Mohawk will invest up to $2 million to retrofit the South Hadley facility, including upgrades to electrical systems, installation of air and vacuum lines, and the purchase and installation of envelope converting and manufacturing equipment.

Mohawk expects to produce over 500 million envelopes annually at the new facility. The site will also feature warehouse space to service the company’s customers along the East Coast and Mid-Atlantic regions, as well as overseas businesses.

Approximately 40 new employees will be hired to staff the new South Hadley facility, which will operate five days a week, three shifts per day.

Mohawk also owns and operates a one million square-foot, state-of-the-art paper and envelope converting facility in Ashtabula, Ohio, which produces 1.5 billion envelopes a year.