Dicon’s medical components are used in the skin care, foot care and medical industries and are customized for sale to companies and hospitals.
The company’s medical products focus on diabetic wound care, cosmeceuticals and foot care, which are sold globally under its own brands and through partnerships with some of the largest retailers in the world, including K-Mart, Albertson’s and numerous drugstore chains.
Dicon, which currently manufactures all of its products in China, has made the progressive decision to manufacture many of its current and future technology-driven advanced products in Georgia.
Some of these new medical products are intended to supply U.S. troops serving in Iraq and elsewhere around the world, according to the company.
The Allendale, N.J.-based company is also considering a relocation of its headquarters, as well as its research and development facility, to Georgia.
“We are very impressed by Georgia’s progressive economic development and partnership programs, as well as the skilled work force here,” said Sam Ginsberg, chairman of Dicon Technologies. “Those factors, in addition to ease of exporting thanks to our proximity to Georgia’s ports and to Dow Chemical, a key strategic partner, give us great confidence that Georgia is the right location to make the technology-driven, advanced products the health industry demands.”
Dicon began occupying a temporary location in July and will locate in its new building in the Interstate Centre business park in December.
The company will use Georgia’s QuickStart program to train its work force.
“Bryan County is an ideal location for companies like Dicon, which are looking for a solid infrastructure, talented work force and access to the amenities of Savannah and the coast,” said Jean Bacon, executive director of the county’s Development Authority. “We look forward to counting Dicon among our corporate citizens and to helping them grow.”
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