Kreate received its third consecutive storage-category honor from The Home Depot as the manufacturer and Nickolas Asset Management set out plans for a $100 million Ohio factory expected to create about 120 jobs.
Kreate announced the 2026 award on Oct. 16 and described it as the third year in a row it had received the recognition. The Home Depot’s award lists show Kreate in the storage category in 2024 and 2025, then under “Storage & Organization” in 2026. The retailer says it names one Partner of the Year in each merchandising category.
Kreate says it designs and makes the HDX and Husky storage and organization lines sold exclusively at The Home Depot. The company linked this year’s recognition to its manufacturing expansion and resin integration.
The project, announced jointly with Nickolas Asset Management, centers on a 542,000-square-foot facility in Tiffin, Ohio. The $100 million commitment includes the site and the equipment and preparation needed to start production, including machinery, infrastructure and tooling. Plans call for 32 ENGEL injection-molding machines, robotics and automated material handling.
Kreate and Nickolas said the operation is expected to create about 120 jobs. Kreate also says it plans to pair AI-enabled machine vision with its automation to identify defects and reduce scrap and downtime.
Nickolas Asset Management said it acquired a 120,000-square-foot resin-processing and materials facility from Material Difference Technologies in February 2026. The firm said the site could process millions of pounds of reprocessed plastic resin each year. Kreate says incorporating resin is intended to lower material costs and waste.
Kreate founder and owner Nickolas Reinhart said, “Our people are our strength.”
