Sheboygan-based
SACO AEI Polymers, a manufacturer of plastic resin products, has purchased the 222,400-square-foot former
Nemschoff facility at 2218 Julson Court in Sheboygan for $7 million, according to state records.
The facility is about three miles south of SACO AEI's global headquarters at 3220 Crocker Ave. The company also has facilities in Ohio and the United Kingdom and recently expanded into Mexico and India.
SACO AEI makes plastic products for wires and cables, pipes and pipe fittings, wood plastic composites, flame retardants and more.
SACO AEI will use the facility as an expansion of its manufacturing and research and development. The building is currently undergoing renovations and will open for operation in about three months to begin manufacturing a new product line that will launch in June. The line will include new products like adhesives and food packaging, and initiatives relating to the recyclability of plastic materials, according to SACO AEI chief executive officer
Luca Saggese.
The lab will hire 20 people to operate the new facility and will focus heavily on sustainability, Saggese said.
Former building tenant Nemschoff was a medical furniture manufacturer.Â
It was acquired by Zeeland, Michigan-based office furniture, equipment, and home furnishings company
Herman Miller, Inc. in 2009. That company is now known as
MillerKnoll Inc., d.b.a. Herman Miller.
The former Nemschoff plant permanently closed in March of 2023, according to a WARN notice.
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