Ryobi to Construct New Press Manufacturing Plant

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN—Ryobi Graphic Systems is set to begin construction on a new press manufacturing facility at its Hiroshima East central production center. The project comes with a price tag of $27 million.

The new facility, called Hiroshima East Plant 3, will add another 99,000 square feet of manufacturing space. Work is due to begin in January of 2007 and the plant should be fully operational by September. The production center will have a total of 314,000 square feet, more than double the production capacity Ryobi had in March 2006.

Ryobi presses are distributed by xpedx Printing Technologies located in Lenexa, KS.