{"id":51516,"date":"2025-12-05T17:48:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/?p=51516"},"modified":"2025-12-05T17:48:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:48:46","slug":"swedish-mouthwash-manufacturer-wijo-is-expanding-into-north-america-production-is-scheduled-to-begin-in-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/a\/51516","title":{"rendered":"Swedish mouthwash manufacturer WiJo is expanding into North America! Production is scheduled to begin in March 2026."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"auto\">According to a recent\u00a0<\/span><span data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><span dir=\"auto\">report by SEDC,<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0WiJo Pouches North America, Inc.\u00a0(hereinafter referred to as WiJo Pouches),\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"auto\">a Swedish manufacturer of oral products , officially announced that\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"auto\"><span data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">it will establish its first North American manufacturing base in Xenington County, South Carolina, USA<\/span>\u00a0!\u00a0This $13.5 million investment project will not only bring 170 new jobs to the local area, but also marks another impressive achievement for South Carolina in attracting international manufacturing investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><span dir=\"auto\">WiJo Pouches, headquartered in Sweden, is a full-service global contract manufacturer focused on the research and development and production of high-quality next-generation mouthpieces, providing clients with a full-chain service from prototyping and mass production to market compliance support.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><span dir=\"auto\">The company will lease a 55,000-square-foot facility at 381\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"auto\">Burton<\/span><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Road, Lexington ,\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"auto\">to focus on the production of nicotine, caffeine, and functional pocket products. The new factory is expected to begin operations in March 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><span dir=\"auto\">It is worth mentioning that\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"auto\">relevant local government departments (including the state commerce department and county economic development agency) approved a tax credit for employment development<\/span><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, providing a solid guarantee for the establishment and subsequent development of enterprises.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-pm-slice=\"1 1 [&quot;para&quot;,{&quot;tagName&quot;:&quot;p&quot;,&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;style&quot;:null},&quot;namespaceURI&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml&quot;}]\"><span dir=\"auto\">County Council President M. Todd Cullum stated,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span data-pm-slice=\"1 1 [&quot;para&quot;,{&quot;tagName&quot;:&quot;p&quot;,&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;style&quot;:null},&quot;namespaceURI&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml&quot;}]\"><span dir=\"auto\">\"\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"auto\">This is a significant breakthrough\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"auto\">for\u00a0<\/span><span data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><span dir=\"auto\">Lexington County. WiJo Pouches' decision to launch its first U.S. business here is both a huge endorsement of the local area and a powerful testament to the region's global competitiveness.\"<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Source:\u00a0<\/span><span data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><span dir=\"auto\">SEDC<\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent\u00a0report by SEDC,\u00a0WiJo Pouches North America, Inc.\u00a0(hereinafter referred to as WiJo Pouches),\u00a0a Swedish manufacturer of oral products , officially announced that\u00a0it will e &hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}