Newell Rubbermaid Builds New Manufacturing Facility
The Office Products group of Newell Rubbermaid and the Industrial Board of Coffee County, Tenn., reach an agreement for the company to acquire a 60-acre site to build a new ink manufacturing facility in Coffee County's Interstate Industrial Park in Manchester.
"For decades, Newell Rubbermaid has had a considerable presence in middle and east Tennessee, where we manufacture well-known products like Sharpie markers and highlighters and other office products, and we are excited to be expanding our position in the community," says Howard Heckes, president of Newell Rubbermaid's Markers, Highlighters & Art Products global business unit. "By locating our new facility here, in close proximity to other Newell Rubbermaid Office Products operations, we are well positioned to maintain our sustainable competitive advantage as the world's largest manufacturer of ink for writing instruments."
The new ink facility will represent a $12.5 million capital investment by Newell Rubbermaid for building and land improvements and equipment. Design and testing of inks, ink manufacturing and storage of finished goods will be handled at the facility, which will supply the company's nearby writing instrument manufacturing facilities in Tennessee as well as its operations in Europe, Latin America and Asia.
"For decades, Newell Rubbermaid has had a considerable presence in middle and east Tennessee, where we manufacture well-known products like Sharpie markers and highlighters and other office products, and we are excited to be expanding our position in the community," says Howard Heckes, president of Newell Rubbermaid's Markers, Highlighters & Art Products global business unit. "By locating our new facility here, in close proximity to other Newell Rubbermaid Office Products operations, we are well positioned to maintain our sustainable competitive advantage as the world's largest manufacturer of ink for writing instruments."
The new ink facility will represent a $12.5 million capital investment by Newell Rubbermaid for building and land improvements and equipment. Design and testing of inks, ink manufacturing and storage of finished goods will be handled at the facility, which will supply the company's nearby writing instrument manufacturing facilities in Tennessee as well as its operations in Europe, Latin America and Asia.