Japanese plastics producer Sekisui Plastics (Tokyo; www.sekisuiplastics.com) is to invest USD 3m in building a second manufacturing plant in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee / USA. The custom moulding facility will produce foamed plastics primarily for use in automotive safety components. Sekisui Plastics produces foamed plastics for the transportation, electrical appliance and IT industries.

“After years of success with our Mount Pleasant facility and with the available, qualified workforce in Maury County, it was an easy decision to expand Sekisui Plastics in Mount Pleasant,” Robert Voytko, vice president of operations control, Sekisui Plastics, said. “We look forward to continually growing in Tennessee.”