Corrugated Industry Expanding in Anderson

kpaul.mallasch — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:34:14 -0800

ANDERSON, IN - MSI, a company that opened in 2006, is moving in a direction that will bring aspects of the corrugated industry and bulk powder fluidization to Anderson within two years.

MSI’s parent company is Mühlen Sohn GmbH of Blaustein, Germany. At present, MSI services and sells products in the United States that are manufactured in Germany. Those products include belts that are utilized on a corrugator that makes corrugated sheets, as well as Fluitex® Aeration fabrics that are utilized in the cement, and other industries, where bulk powders are pneumatically conveyed.

The first step in the company’s growth, said General Manager Dick Wohlberg, is its purchase this week of the building at 4640 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The goal is to manufacture MSI’s brands of corrugator belts and fluidizing fabrics in Anderson. This will require the installation of up to three looms within the next two to four years.

“MSI’s growth provides opportunity for an entirely new industry in Anderson,” said Wohlberg. “We already have in place in the United States a service and sales network, but the manufacture of these heavy fabrics in Anderson will require support businesses in the area. We hope those support businesses will locate in Anderson when the time comes.”

Wohlberg also thanked the city of Anderson’s outside salesman Greg Winkler for bringing together MSI and First Industrial Trust, owners of the building. “We have found this building at 4640 King Boulevard to be in a great location and there is room to expand,” he said. “Mr. Winkler and Mayor Kevin Smith have been extremely responsive to MSI’s business needs, whenever we have asked.”

MSI is actively involved in industrial development with I Power Energy Systems and the two companies will continue to work together to develop business for Anderson, Wohlberg said.

Source: City of Anderson