Ryobi to build third press plant in Japan
Nov 28, 2006 4:19 PM
Ryobi Graphic Systems of Hiroshima, Japan, will begin construction on a new press manufacturing facility in January 2007. The new facility will be the third at Ryobi’s Hiroshima East central production center. Ryobi’s second factory, completed this year, is running at full operation.
Ryobi’s newly expanded 215,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing center generated a 60 percent increase in production capacity when the second plant became fully operational in late October 2006, according to the company.
Ryobi officials said the newest facility, Hiroshima East Plant 3, will be at full-scale operations in September 2007. It will add another 99,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space and represents a total expected investment of $27 million, the company said.
When the third facility is completed, Ryobi will have 314,000 square feet at its Hiroshima East operations, more than double the production capacity Ryobi had in March 2006.
xpedx Printing Technologies (Loveland, OH), the exclusive U.S. importer and distributor of Ryobi-branded presses, reports this expansion will significantly increase capacity to meet growing demand for Ryobi’s two-, four- and six-up multicolor offset presses. The presses range from two to 10 colors and feature state-of-the-art print technologies including UV coating and drying, as well as convertible perfectors.
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