PLEASANT PRAIRIE — Pleasant Prairie just yanked a huge company from Illinois: Nosco.
Nosco plays a crucial role in manufacturing most COVID-19 vaccine labels and the packaging you see.
We spoke with the company’s president, who says, ‘We’re Hiring!’
They are ready to hire 30-40 new employees at this location alone.
“That’s part of the reason we came here, was to attract a great workforce,” said Craig Curran, President of Nosco.
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This will be their first Wisconsin plant. Out of six locations Nosco currently has in Lake County, Illinois, five will be consolidated under one roof in the Badger State.
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Nosco is part of Holden Industries. They expect the manufacturing lines in the 170,000 square-foot facility to start running soon.
“For the last few months, [we] have been making COVID vaccine product for Moderna and J&J,” said Curran.
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This includes the packaging and the labels you see on the COVID-19 vials.
Curran is ready to hire more people.
“Press operators, dye cutters, carton gluing operators to in the office for customer service, graphics and pre-press,” he says. "Not only are these good, strong paying jobs, but you become an employee-owner and you can build for your retirement and have stock in the business.”
The company will also get a small training incentive for the state for each new employee.