A New Jersey textile company that has customers in the medical and aerospace industries is opening a manufacturing facility in Bethlehem Township.
ICF Mercantile LLC will occupy a 70,000-square-foot suite in the 120,000-square-foot industrial facility at 2500 Emrick Blvd. in Lehigh Valley Industrial Park VI. The building is owned by J.G. Petrucci Company Inc., which announced the deal.
“We’re thrilled to welcome ICF Mercantile to LVIP VI where they join a strong and diverse group of small manufacturers,” Kerry Wrobel, president of Lehigh Valley Industrial Park Inc., said in a statement. “We congratulate the J.G. Petrucci Company on their sustained record of success attracting quality manufacturers to the Lehigh Valley and specifically to LVIP’s business centers.”
ICF Mercantile is a family-owned company that specializes in the manufacturing of fiber, yarn and fabrics, and operates facilities in Warren, New Jersey, and Berkeley Heights, New Jersey.
The new lease in the Lehigh Valley marks its expansion into Pennsylvania.
In the building, ICF will join HAWE Manufacturing US Inc., which occupies 50,000 square feet.
ICF Mercantile was recently awarded a $9.3 million investment from the Defense Department to establish the first domestic production source of rayon filament cellulose precursor rayon, which will be used to support the production of material used in solid rocket motor and reentry body heatshields.