Printing ink manufacturer to open Tennessee plant
MT. PLEASANT, Tenn. – Printing Technology Inc., an inkjet and laser printing cartridge manufacturer, will build a manufacturing and shipping facility here, the company said.The Chatsworth, Calif.-based company will open a 22,000 square-foot facility with a staff of about 25 employees. Founder and CEO Peter DeSalay said he hopes to add up to 150 employees over three years.The facility, located about 50 miles southwest of Nashville, will house inkjet cartridge manufacturing and inkjet research and development laboratories. It will serve as the company’s eastern U.S. distribution hub.”Our California facilities are serving us well, but we are at maximum capacity, and the logical step is to expand eastward,” DeSalay said. “Our Tennessee facility will provide us with the additional space we need for our current and future production.”