Trash Bag Manufacturer Plans $23 Million Expansion in Rocky Mountains

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated, Houston, Texas). Trans Western Polymers Incorporated (Livermore, California) plans to construct a $23 million plastic bag manufacturing plant in Sparks, Nevada. The company recently closed on 19 acres of land in the Tahoe Industrial Park. Plans include the construction of a 300,000 square foot manufacturing plant, which will employ 125 people initially. The company is also considering moving its headquarters to this new location.

The new plant will manufacture plastic can liners, such as trash bags, leaf bags, and drawstring bags. A general contractor will be selected in the fall of 2005, with construction anticipated for the spring of 2006. Overall completion is slated for the fall of 2006, with operations beginning in the spring of 2007.

Trans Western Polymers Incorporated is headquartered in Livermore, California. The company operates plants in Livermore and in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. Trans Western manufactures private-label bags, including polyethylene food bags, and plastic cutlery, as well as trashcan liners. Trans Western Polymers is a $100 million a year company involved in manufacturing blown film, predominantly linear low- and some high-density converting film into bags.

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