Amcor PET Packaging Opens New Plant in Virginia

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Amcor PET Packaging (Wytheville, Virginia) has completed construction of an $80 million polyethylene terephthalate (PET) blow-molding facility in Wytheville, Virginia.

Construction of the 713,000-square-foot plant began in the summer of 2006 and was completed in the spring of 2007. Plant operations will be dedicated to the supply of PepsiCo heat set containers with an initial annual capacity of approximately 1 billion units. The facility was built next to the PepsiCo plant as part of an agreement to primarily service the bottling of the Gatorade beverage line.

Clayco Incorporated, in Saint Louis, Missouri, provided general construction services for the plant.

Amcor PET Packaging, a business unit of Amcor Limited (OTC:AMCRY) (Abbotsford, Australia), is the global leader in manufacturing polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with annual sales in excess of $3 billion, Amcor PET Packaging employs more than 5,000 employees in more than 20 countries at more than 50 manufacturing sites. The packaging solutions include food and beverage applications, as well as personal care, household chemical and agro-chemical industries.

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