Saati Americas Corp. -- a producer of textile and chemical products for applications including screen printing, medical filtration, acoustics, composites and ballistic protection, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Italy-based Saati Group S.p.A. -- plans to establish its U.S. Composites and Protection division operations and certain distribution operations in Fountain Inn, S.C., with the expectation of adding more than 80 employees within the next few years. The company is renovating and modifying a 260,000-square-foot facility previously owned by Kemet Electronics, and will install new production and R&D equipment.

"This expansion is a critical component of Saati's global corporate strategy and symbolizes our commitment to bring Saati's world-class engineered materials and technical support to structural composite and protective armor product manufacturers in the Americas," said Alberto Novarese, president, Saati Group.

August 24, 2010