Spazzolplastica, an Italian-based leading manufacturer of wire winding products including wire basket spools, plastic spools, and plastic drums, has chosen the City of Mentor as its location for US production operations.
“We are pleased to welcome Spazzolplastica to our city and appreciate their decision to invest here. They are a dynamic company that will be a perfect fit for our integrated manufacturing community,” said City Manager Kenneth J. Filipiak.
Mentor is a manufacturing leader in the State of Ohio with a strong concentration of research and development, engineering, and metalworking firms serving the advanced manufacturing, aerospace, polymers & chemicals, and biomedical industry clusters. Nearly 300 manufacturers have a presence in the city.
Spazzolplastica will bring eleven new jobs to Mentor and helps strengthen the city’s position in the advanced manufacturing sector.
“The decision by Spazzolplastica to locate its US production in Mentor shows our city’s appeal as a cost-effective, business-friendly, and vibrant manufacturing base,” says Kevin Malecek, Director of Economic Development and International Trade for the City of Mentor, “The efforts of Mentor’s International Trade Initiative have put the City on the map for European companies who need direct, concierge-style assistance to enter the North American market.”
Collaborative efforts from the City of Mentor, Team NEO, JobsOhio, the Lake County Ohio Port & Economic Development Authority, and the Lake County & The Northeast Ohio Region partnership, were instrumental in attracting this investment and facilitating the company’s entry into the U.S. market.
Learn more about Spazzoplastica at https://www.spazzolplastica.it/
For additional information on Mentor’s business environment, visit www.mentormeansbusiness.com.