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COMPANY NEWS
Rochling Glastic Composites to Graham Packaging to close
invest $4 million for its warehouse Holland plant, lay off 42 people
building
raham Packaging Company LP, a manufacturer of
ochling Glastic Composites, is planning construction Gplastic containers and packaging, plans to cease
Rof an approximately $4 million warehouse building operations and permanently close its plant in Holland.
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Development Director Michael Love said that Glastic is state workforce development agency, the shutdown will
planning a 60,000-square-foot extension at 4321 Glenridge affect all 33 active hourly employees and nine active
salaried employees at the location. Graham Packaging
will begin permanent layoffs at the Holland facility,
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production will conclude in October, according to the
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head of global sustainability at Graham Packaging, said
in an email to MiBiz. The company also is closing plants
with similar operations in Virginia and California. “This
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Road. Trees have been cleared from the property to make Packaging operates 70 facilities in North America and
room for the new construction, which Rochling Glastic Vice employs more than 7,000 people worldwide, according
President and General Manager Fred Sanford said will be to the company’s website. Employees at the Holland
an extension of the company’s main building. “It will be
location do not have the right to bump into positions at
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move things into the new warehouse and have more room
tore than 175 people are losing their jobs through
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Architectural Review Board and Planning Commission have Graham Packaging is a worldwide leader in the design,
already approved preliminary site plans. Final building manufacture and sale of technology-based, customized
plans must yet be approved. Sanford said the extension, rigid plastic containers for a variety of branded
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40,000 and 60,000 square feet. He said the company hopes automotive lubricants.Headquartered in Lancaster,
to begin work on the foundation by October and have the
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founded in 1946, currently has a large manufacturing
building and a smaller storage building on its property.
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“They started with a much smaller building and there
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main building is now 122,500 square feet. Sanford said
the addition will extend toward Glenridge Road. Röchling
collaborated closely with tank builders in designing and
developing Polystone® P CubX®, and made full use of
their experience. After the market launch, Röchling 3HQQV\OYDQLD ZLWK LWV ÁDJVKLS PDQXIDFWXULQJ IDFLOLW\ LQ
SUHVHQWHG 3RO\VWRQH 3 &XE; IRU WKH ÀUVW WLPH LQ nearby York, Pennsylvania. In 2011, Graham Packaging
to an international audience of specialists at three trade was acquired by Reynolds Group Holdings, a leading
fairs: Surface Technology in Stuttgart, ACHEMA in Frankfurt global manufacturer and supplier of consumer food and
and Intergalva in Berlin. beverage packaging and storage products.
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