MENTOR, September 10, 2015 –
ACO Polymer Products, Inc. is pleased to announce it has recently moved its
Ohio operations facility from Chardon to Mento. A grand opening celebration was
held Wednesday, September 2 at the new facility in Mentor. Mrs. Johanna Ahlmann
and Mr. Hans-Julius Ahlmann, President of ACO Severin Ahlmann GmbH & Co. KG,
along with Iver Ahlmann, President of ACO Germany, commemorated the opening
with a ribbon cutting. The celebration had over 100 guests in attendance,
including ACO employees, contractors, vendors, City of Mentor officials,
members of the local Chamber of Commerce and guests from the state legislature.
“The main reason for the
move was to help grow the ACO business in the United States,” said Vaclav
Tikalsky, President of ACO USA, as he welcomed the guests at the event last
week. “This move has given our northeast employees a
new workplace with the conveniences and technology similar to other ACO
locations. The ACO team has worked hard to make this place look nice and
functional. It has allowed us to install the latest production technology
which will increase our capacity by 35% and help ACO to strengthen its market
leader position as well as provide customers with better service and quality.”
ACO Polymer Products, Inc.
was founded in 1978 and the facility in Chardon, Ohio was ACO’s first
manufacturing factory in the USA. Due to ACO’s growth and demand in recent
years, the Chardon site was no longer able to accommodate the increasing demand
necessary to support ACO’s business in the northeast. ACO found an ideal
location in Mentor, Ohio, 16 miles north of the Chardon site that met the needs
of expanding the operations.
“This move was a success
because of the efforts of both plants here in the United States as well as
people from Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany. This day would not have
happened if it weren’t for all the employees here in Mentor,” said Brian Parent,
Director of Operations for ACO USA.
Established in
1946, the ACO group has manufactured products for almost 70 years in the
construction industry. It operates on a global basis through its subsidiaries
and manufacturing facilities in over 45 countries in North America, Europe and
Asia. ACO employs over 4,000 people worldwide. ACO Polymer Products, Inc.
introduced the concept of modular trench drains to North America over 30 years
ago. Today, ACO in North America is a multi-site manufacturing and sales
operation using a variety of materials for its extensive range of drainage
products for all aspects of building and construction. ACO USA also has
locations in Casa Grande, Arizona and Fort Mill, South Carolina.
For more
information on ACO Polymer Products, Inc., please visit www.acousa.com.
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