Sterilite Corporation Plans $65 Million Manufacturing and Distribution Center in South Carolina

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated). Sterilite Corporation (Townsend, Massachusetts), the world's largest independent manufacturer of plastic housewares, is planning a $65 Million Capital Investment to build a manufacturing and distribution Center in Clinton, South Carolina.

Located along Highway 72 in Laurens County, construction on the one million square foot manufacturing and distribution center is expected to start before year-end, with plant operations slated to start in the summer of 2004. 200 jobs will be created when the plant opens, growing to 600 jobs in a few years.

Harrison, Walker & Harper Incorporated (Paris, Texas) was awarded the General Construction contract for the new facility. Harrison, Walker & Harper also constructed the Ennis, Texas (Plant 1038135) plant in 1999. Bids are currently being taken for subcontractors.

Sterilite Corporation, founded in 1939 and headquartered in Townsend, Massachusetts, produces products ranging from food containers and dish drainers to laundry baskets and wastebaskets to storage boxes and drawer cats. Sterilite is currently the largest independent producer of plastic products for the home with plants in Townsend, Massachusetts (Plant 1062215), Birmingham, Alabama (Plant 1012771), Lake Havasu City, Arizona (Plant 1062230), Massillon, Ohio (Plant 1029060), and Ennis, Texas (Plant 1038135). Sterilite's products are distributed throughout major discount, drug, hardware, and supermarket chains throughout the United States.