Rock Hill, SC (PRWEB) May 16, 2013
HARTMANN USA, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of PAUL HARTMANN AG, today announced the pending expansion of its facilities in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The project will include an $ 18 million dollar investment to support the relocation of its U.S. incontinence management production located in Bloomington, Indiana as well as new machinery and equipment from its European operations. The expansion is expected to be complete in mid 2014 and will modernize and expand capacity to their manufacturing operations in the U.S., while adding nearly 75 jobs to the local economy.
Over 26 million adult Americans experience some form of incontinence, which can also lead to serious skin irritation and complications. HARTMANN is committed to addressing these issues head on by designing products that provide skin-friendly features without compromising product function. The improvement to product features and design that this expansion will allow is extremely beneficial to the end user, said Oliver Krause-Huckleberry, HARTMANN USAs marketing director of incontinence management. While addressing the overall issue of incontinence is important, through absorbency and other functional features, skin complications are extremely common in individuals living with incontinence. We feel its important to address these complications through the products we manufacture and market.
HARTMANN originally entered the US incontinence market more than 25 years ago, distributing their skin-friendly MoliCare
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