Jul 23, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. Mohawk celebrates the grand opening of a new envelope converting facility in the town of South Hadley, Massachusetts, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

Mohawk invested approximately $2 million to retrofit the South Hadley facility, which included upgrading electrical systems, installing air and vacuum lines, and purchasing and installing envelope converting and manufacturing equipment.

The facility has been operational since May, and is expected to produce 500 million envelopes annually. To date, Mohawk has hired 16 new employees, and plans to hire up to 40 employees over the next year.

Mohawk is North America’s largest privately-owned manufacturer of fine papers, envelopes and specialty substrates for commercial and digital printing.