"The Rogers and Landisville plants have similar manufacturing operations and equipment," Hewitt said. "By consolidating them, we will be able to more efficiently utilize these assets at one location and improve overall profitability."
Originally started up by Scott Paper Co. in 1974, PGI purchased the plant in 1992. The Rogers plant has approximately 120 workers.
Gainesville, Georgia Plant:
Consistent with the previously announced installation of a state-of-the- art finishing line in Suzhou, China, PGI will relocate the finishing of medical fabrics from Gainesville to the new plant in China that is strategically located near its customers' converting operations. These fabrics are used in surgical gowns and drapes, and wound care.
Manufacturing of PGI's proprietary Reticulon apertured film products used in feminine sanitary napkins will be transferred from Gainesville to PGI's Bonlam plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. This move also will enable PGI to expand capabilities in Mexico to produce laminated clothlike backsheet for diapers.
The Gainesville plant was originally part of Chicopee Manufacturing Co. and was constructed in 1956. PGI purchased the plant in 1995 when it acquired the Chicopee nonwovens business from Johnson & Johnson. Currently, approximately 50 workers are employed at the plant.
After the consolidations are complete, PGI will continue to operate five nonwovens plants in the U.S. Other nonwovens locations include Benson and Mooresville, North Carolina; Landisville, New Jersey; North Little Rock, Arkansas; and Waynesboro, Virginia.
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