SM expands in US
Swedish Match is to invest $40.9 million to expand its production facility at Owensboro, Kentucky, US, according to a 14WFIE story relayed by the TMA.
As well as adding 34,000 square feet to its existing facility; it will add, too, a 16,000-square-foot production area for ZYN, a smokeless and spitless tobacco-derived nicotine pouch.
The construction is expected to start this month and to be completed by July 2019.
Established in 1973, the Owensboro facility employs 342 people, including a 26-member research and development team added during a 2015 expansion.
The expanded facility is expected to require another 36 full-time employees.
