Mondi has opened a packaging plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, further expanding its manufacturing base in the US. 

The site makes paper bags for customers in the e-commerce, food, feed, building materials and chemicals markets. 

It brings together output that had been based at Mondi’s Wellsburg, West Virginia, and Oakdale, Pennsylvania, operations.  

The company has also installed automated equipment intended to support production efficiency, product quality and customer service. 

The Pittsburgh facility adds to Mondi’s US output, with emphasis on the eCommerce market, including paper mailer bags. 

Mondi Americas paper bags president Rory Taylor said: “The opening of our new Pittsburgh plant marks an important milestone for our paper bags business in North America. By bringing production together in a modern facility, we are strengthening our ability to support customers with reliable, high‑quality paper bag solutions while responding more effectively to evolving customer needs across growing end markets." 

Its automated lines and printing systems are set up to handle customer needs such as flexible volumes, shorter lead times and steady product quality, helping the company adjust to shifts in demand and maintain supply. 

Once the ramp-up period is complete, the plant is expected to have annual capacity of 300 million paper bags. 

By the end of this year, about 170 people are expected to work at the site across operations, technical functions and customer-facing roles. 

Recently, Mondi set out plans to expand its paper bag business in Southeast Asia through a joint venture with Indonesian cement producer PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa. 

The new company, PT Mondi Indo Prakarsa Kemasan, will be located at Indocement’s cement factory complex in Citeureup, West Java.