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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

France-based Chargeurs Group to Expand and Inshore PPE Production in Troy, Ohio

10/14/2020
France-based Chargeurs Group is planning a significant investment to expand the company’s U.S. manufacturing footprint to reshore personal protective equipment production at its factory in Troy, Ohio. The project is expected to create 50 new jobs.

According to company officials, the project will support Chargeurs’ newest division, U.S.-based Lainiere Health & Wellness, which will oversee the distribution, marketing and sales of all U.S.-manufactured PPE, including consumer-grade and medical-grade three-ply masks as well as 95-level respirator masks.

“Chargeurs is highly committed to developing new industrial capacity in the U.S. and to contributing to the country’s ability to manufacture PPE domestically,” said Michaël Fribourg, Chairman and CEO of Chargeurs Group. “We are grateful to all of our U.S. teams for their own longstanding commitment to success and we will continue to invest in our American manufacturing capability in the coming years.”

“I love seeing this growth in manufacturing in southwest Ohio. As we’ve seen this year, keeping production inside the U.S. isn’t just important for the economy, it is critical to our national security," said Representative Warren Davidson. "As a former manufacturer and Army Ranger, I’m also glad to see that hiring veterans is a priority for businesses. This is a win-win for all involved."

When the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the risk of relying on foreign countries for PPE, Chargeurs said it began retrofitting part of its Troy, Ohio, manufacturing facility to help alleviate the domestic shortage of this critical equipment. The facility has begun with lines that can produce up to 2.5 million masks a month and will increase its production capacity in the coming months. Chargeurs also aims to produce Berry-compliant masks that meet the requirements of US military and government contracts by the end of the year.

“Chargeurs has invested significant capital in retooling our Ohio factory to reshore production of PPE to America,” said Angela Chan, CEO and President of Chargeurs PCC Fashion Technologies. “We have been supplying raw materials to the PPE market for years, so it made perfect sense to pivot to manufacturing these products in the USA, especially given the severe shortages of this equipment our country has seen since the start of the pandemic.”

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