The San Antonio manufacturing unit that makes the machines that make plastic merchandise is near opening a brand new addition that expands its Brooks manufacturing unit by almost a 3rd.
Plastics producer Nissei America, which opened the $20 million plant in 2018 as its third manufacturing facility outdoors of Japan, started work on the enlargement a 12 months in the past and expects to open the ability in January.
The corporate’s $13 million funding provides one other 30,000 sq. ft to its plant, house that can be used to accommodate development since not too long ago buying Negri Bossi North America, an organization primarily based in Turin, Italy.
The San Antonio plant is the corporate’s solely manufacturing facility within the U.S., stated Bob Tala, normal supervisor for normal administration and human assets at Nissei America. Nissei additionally operates service places of work in 10 states.
Tala was the corporate’s first rent in San Antonio, he stated. Whereas working for a provider on the Toyota Motor Manufacturing plant, a recruiter requested Tala if he would take into account making the transfer to Nissei.
Although Tala doesn’t communicate Japanese, as most of his 27 co-workers do, his expertise working at Toyota since 2007 ready him for the job at Nissei, he stated. “I’ve been across the tradition for thus lengthy.”
He described the corporate tradition as lengthy hours, organized and clear. “You must have all of your geese in a row … and communication is so necessary,” Tala stated.
Led by Hozumi Yoda as firm president, Nissei America focuses on injection molding, and researches and develops injection molding machines in addition to its molds, molding help programs, and mildew processing applied sciences.
The San Antonio plant manufactures the corporate’s larger machines amongst its stock, these weighing as much as 60 tons, Tala stated.
The acquisition of Negri Bossi permits the corporate to construct even larger machines, Tala stated.
The manufacturing unit is designed to permit semi-trucks to drive onto the manufacturing unit ground the place 60-ton cranes load the equipment for supply to clients. With the enlargement, the manufacturing unit additionally may have 80-ton cranes.
Yearly, the San Antonio plant produces about 300 machines valued at over $100 million, Tala stated. Nissei just isn’t a Toyota provider.
“We’re linked to anybody who makes a plastic product,” he stated, naming industries like automotive, toys, plumbing, medical, security and gun makers.
The producer consolidated its U.S. operations in San Antonio in 2021, relocating a important workplace from Anaheim, Calif., to its San Antonio facility.
Nissei officers cited San Antonio’s proximity to rising markets in Mexico and entry to the Port of Houston as causes for choosing San Antonio.
