Hanover, PA- Ox Industries has announced it is opening a new converting operation in Sturgis Michigan. The new plant will expand Ox’s geographic reach for converted products in the Midwest. The facility will be approximately 150,000 square feet of production and warehouse space and house two fully automatic high-speed protective packaging and tube and core lines from TCM Solutions, as well as a new high-speed Sheet Runner paperboard sheeter from BW Paper Systems. The facility will be vertically integrated within the Ox paperboard mill network and operational in the first quarter of 2021. Ox expects the project will create up to 50 new jobs.
About OX Industries:
Headquartered in Hanover, PA, OX Industries is the largest independently owned vertically integrated manufacturer of 100% recycled paperboard, specialty papers, paper tubes & cores, and edge protection products in the United States. Ox operates four recycled paper mills and five vertically integrated converted products facilities in eight states. Ox is a leader in the uncoated paperboard industry with a capacity to produce over 220,000 tons annually.