New Plant Strengthens Orbis in Latin America

Reusable packaging supplier Orbis Corporation has opened its newest manufacturing facility, in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico.

The 265,000 sq ft plant employs approximately 140 people and enables Orbis to be more responsive with a growing customer base in Latin America. The new plant is also the first Orbis facility to offer injection and structural foam molding, as well as dunnage fabrication, all under one roof.

Orbis will manufacture plastic containers, pallets, BulkPak containers and its ORBIShield dunnage product line offerings at the new plant. In addition, Orbis has introduced a brand new line of fabric dunnage which provides a unique protective solution for the most challenging packaging requirements, specifically in the automotive supply chain.

In anticipation of the opening, Orbis partnered with Instituto Estatal de Capacitación (IECA), a technical training school in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico to create a hands-on training program that provided new plant employees with general manufacturing and technical knowledge.

“I am very pleased to make this investment in the future of Orbis Corporation in Mexico,” said Bill Ash, president, Orbis Corporation. “The new facility features best-in-class design for efficient product flow, productivity and environmental sustainability.”

Orbis has approximately 40 sales, service and manufacturing locations in North America, Europe and Asia and 1,900 employees worldwide. It is a subsidiary of family-owned Menasha Corporation, which was founded in 1849.