Conforce Expanding USA Footprint

Toronto-based Conforce International Inc. purchased a 155,000-square-foot facility from auto parts manufacturer Trelleborg YSH Inc. The facility is on 16.5 acres in Peru, IN.

Through its U.S. subsidiary, Conforce USA Inc., the facility will act as the company's initial manufacturing outpost for commercial production of Exo-Flor composite flooring panels for the North American truck and trailer market.

The facility will be equipped with technologically advanced production equipment and processes designed specifically for the manufacture of Exo-Flor. At full capacity, the facility will have annual production capacity sufficient to equip in excess of 50,000 full sized 53-foot highway trailers. The company's objective is to begin delivering Exo-Flor panels to leading North American truck and trailer manufacturers by January 2011.

"The acquisition of the Indiana facility represents an important milestone for the company," said Conforce CEO Marino Kulas. "We will work closely with our strategic partner Bayer to ensure the timely execution of our plan to bring production capacity of the facility on-line. As demand for Exo-Flor increases, we will scale our operations by adding new facilities to our U.S. footprint. We have established a beachhead and will now ramp-up production."