“The opening of the Kennesaw facility demonstrates Vernay’s dedication to advancing manufacturing technologies and meeting customer needs,” said Andy Woodward, Vice President of Sales & Marketing. “This investment reinforces our focus on precision, efficiency, and delivering high-quality, custom-engineered solutions to address the challenges of highly regulated industries. With our quick delivery of fully functional prototypes, we can take ideas from concept to production faster than ever before, ensuring our customers stay ahead in competitive markets.”
A Facility Built for Growth and Innovation
The Kennesaw facility fills a unique niche, specializing in liquid silicone rubber (LSR) molding and micro-molding to meet the stringent demands of the medical and industrial markets. Equipped with 10 advanced production presses, the facility currently utilizes only a quarter of its capacity, with plans to expand to 45 presses. Each state-of-the-art production cell can produce 64 parts every 32 seconds, enabling annual production of over 200 million micro-molded parts. Designed to support Vernay’s continued growth, the facility offers:
Grand Opening Celebration Details
The grand opening ceremony will take place on January 16, 2025, and will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony, facility tours, and Vernay’s leadership team presentations. Local officials, industry partners, and Vernay employees have been invited to join.
To see a brief video of developments at the facility, follow this link: https://youtu.be/41T0pGnajmo. For more information about the grand opening or Vernay’s capabilities, please visit www.vernay.com.
Vernay Laboratories has been a technology leader in the design, development, and manufacture of customized flow-control components since its founding in 1946. The company also formulates its own compounds to address each specific application.
Vernay’s products play a vital role in millions of medical devices, automobiles, and consumer products. Today, the privately held firm produces more than 1 billion components per year, drawing from a library of more than 33,000 elastomeric materials and compound formulations. It operates six plants around the world, in the U.S., the Netherlands, Italy and China. For more information, visit www.vernay.com.
