Spear Expanding Mason, OH, Facility

Published: August 12, 2009

MASON, OH | Spear Group Holdings has announced an expansion of its Mason, OH, production facility, including the addition of 30 jobs. This strategic realignment of the company’s production footprint includes the transfer of manufacturing capacity from its Milford, NH, facility.

“We have experienced strong growth over the last several years with our global output more than doubling in the last seven years,” says president Randy Spear. “This includes the addition of two wide-web gravure facilities, doubling the output of our European capabilities and creating state-of-the-art operations in South Africa. Updating our narrow-web capabilities in Mason ensures that Spear’s customers can continue to depend on our industry leading capabilities for both their narrow and wide-web requirements. Spear has named the Mason facility their “Narrow Web UV Center of Excellence” and it will include new printing presses, production flows and cosmetic upgrades. Work is scheduled to begin in August and complete by the end of 2009.