The French mascara pack maker announced it will open a new manufacturing site in Bottanuco, Italy, the European Center of Excellence for mascara in 2014, along with the expansion and integration of two existing sites in Verderio and Imbersago.
Albea says that with this move it hopes to offer to customers better speed to market, further flexibility and supply chain efficiency and speed-to-market.
“The customer-driven effort represents a major investment in resource,” says the company in a statement.
Going ‘glocal’
“It will be seamlessly orchestrated as part of the Albéa’s ongoing effort to deliver a comprehensive ‘Glocal’ world of solutions, with cutting-edge, local production, service, teams and expertise – and global support for the most complex international launches.”
The company’s Italy-based mascara production currently services the region’s most demanding and prestigious mascara makers, and the hopes are that with the creation of a single, integrated site, production efficiency and supplier-customer interaction will be enhanced.
When completed, the new Bottanuco mascara facility, just outside of Milan, will have a production area of 13,000m² and warehouse capacity of 3,000m².
Warehousing, tooling, injection- extrusion- and blow molding, decoration and assembly, thermal varnishing, UV lacquering and metallization will all be integrated.
French investment
The move comes after Albea had also announced it will invest in its tube facility in North-East France, completing a six million euro investment.
The new 600-employee site in Argonne will focus on four primary areas: “caps, laminate tubes, small diameter plastic tubes, and premium plastic tubes for the prestige market.”
“The Argonne facility will enable the company to maintain its leadership position in Tubes, in full compliance with new regulations,” says Albea.