US-based Berry Plastics together with Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced that the company will reopen its Madisonville, Kentucky, manufacturing facility to increase its production capacity.
Berry Plastics chairman and CEO Jon Rich said they will soon begin rearrange its Madisonville, Kentucky facility which is slated to begin production in 2013.
"We are extremely appreciative of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Hopkins County officials, and the city of Madisonville for their joint support of this initiative, which will allow us to reopen the facility, creating the opportunity for new jobs within the region and specifically the Madisonville community," Rich said.
"This is a tremendous day for the Commonwealth, Madisonville, and Berry Plastics, with more than 400 jobs being created and a significant capital investment being made," said Governor Beshear.
Berry acquired the Madisonville (Hopkins County) facility simultaneously with Rexam's specialty & beverage closures business in August 2011. Earlier in 2011, the company downed the facility, as a result of the redistribution of production to its other rigid closed top manufacturing facilities.
Berry Plastics is a manufacturer and marketer of plastic packaging products. It produces a range of products, including open top, closed top packaging, polyethylene-based plastic films, industrial tapes, medical specialties, flexible packaging, etc.
