Merrillville-based MonoSol LLC, a global leader in the development and commercialization of water soluble products and packaging, announced yesterday it is considering expansion of their La Porte production facility to dramatically increase production pending local and State incentive offers. The company says it would invest more than $20 million over the next two years and add significant resources to its La Porte plant if approved.

“For the past five years, MonoSol has developed technology that has grown worldwide consumer and commercial product demand for water soluble films and solutions. This increasing demand has been met by consistently and methodically increasing capacity at our manufacturing sites in the United States and England,” said P. Scott Bening, President and CEO.

The new addition would add approximately 41,000 sq. ft. of production space and house an additional two production lines with the ability to add a third line in the future. This expansion will be the next phase in its growth program to increase production capacity at their global manufacturing facilities.
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