Fremont company expanding

Envases Ohio, LLC, has announced plans to create 65 new positions, retain 109 employees and invest approximately $16.6 million into its facility on Oak Harbor Road in Fremont.
“Envases is in a period of significant growth in our industry. We are training and developing our team to support long term sustainable growth with visions to double our plant size and output in the coming years.,” said Amy Reinmeyer, the company’s human resources director. “Our growth has created the need for more employees, but we must be able to train and retain in order to realize our potential and opportunity. We have evaluated our current on-boarding and training program and have added more detail and duration to support the needs of new team members.”
This project includes the purchase of a building, machinery, internal upgrades, and training. Management projects it will take roughly 20 months to complete.
The project is being assisted with a $200,000 Jobs Ohio Workforce Grant.
The Envases Group is divided into three packaging divisions – Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) Packaging, Aluminum Beverage Packaging and Food and Industrial Packaging.
“Demand has created an opportunity for Envases to add new production lines to support the US Market. There is currently only one U.S. manufacturer of this product” added Reinmeyer. “Many customers are importing this style can from Europe incurring very long lead times and shipping costs. A second supplier in the US will reduce stress on the supply chain for many of our current and future customers”.
The project will increase Envases staff by at least 40 percent to support the new production line and continual growth with their existing infrastructure. Envases has already seen significant growth since opening in 2014, growing from a single shift operation to running three shifts and more than 130 employees.
Envases serves the painting and coatings, chemical, lubricants, adhesives, solvents, and fuels industrial packaging industries.