Spain-based Emsur will start operations at its first American production facility in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, from January this year.
Spread over 77,000ft2, it was opened in December 2014, reports FoodProduction daily.com.
The facility is the seventh for the company, which operates similar facilities for manufacturing in Madrid and Valencia in Spain, besides France, Poland, Mexico and Argentina.
Emsur has reputed industry clients including Danone, Campina, Henkel and Kraft Foods.
Proximity to the O'Hare International Airport is a major reason for the selection of the facility as the firm's first US production centre, according to company officials
Emsur Middle East and North Africa area manager Enrique Royuela was quoted by FoodProduction daily.com as saying: "We want to expand into the American market so it made more sense for us to open a production facility there.
"We have plans for another project to move into eastern Europe but that is still not ready."
Emsur quality assurance official for the Elk Grove Village facility Amarzena Bierowiec said: "Even though we bought the factory in December 2013 it took us a long time to buy and install all the equipment, hire the personnel, and get ready for full-scale manufacturing."
The firm has its strength in dairy packaging worldwide and manufactures yogurt containers and lids, customized banderole paper, labels and stickers, and shrink sleeves for its clients. Manufacturing and design is usually done on paper, plastic, stretch films and shrink films, with nine color options for printing. It can handle a range of sealing options with lead times from four to six weeks.
