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Georgia-Pacific to expand Bowling Green facility Warren County facility will add 80,000 square feet to increase paper plate and bowl production, create 50-plus jobs By Nicole Burton/Jack Mazurak Frankfort, KY - Gov. Matt Bevin today announced Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products Group will expand its existing operation in Bowling Green with a nearly $100 million investment expected to create more than 50 full-time jobs. Georgia-Pacific will grow its plant's footprint in the South Central Kentucky Industrial Park by 80,000 square feet to increase production capacity for Dixie plates and bowls. Construction is already underway, and company leaders anticipate the project will be finished in the first half of 2020. Georgia-Pacific opened the Bowling Green operation in 1992, and the plant has seen several expansions over the past 27 years. The facility produces about one quarter of all the company's paper plates and bowls. Georgia-Pacific also operates a Dixie facility in Lexington. In total, the company directly employs nearly 500 Kentuckians. Since 2013, the company has invested $66 million in its Kentucky operations. Based in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific and its subsidiaries produce bath tissue, paper towels and napkins, tableware, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, nonwoven fabrics, building products and related chemicals. The company's brands include Quilted Northern(R), Angel Soft(R), Brawny(R), Dixie(R), enMotion(R), Sparkle(R), Mardi Gras(R) and Vanity Fair(R). The company has also long been a supplier of building products to lumber and building materials dealers and large DIY warehouse retailers. Georgia-Pacific operates nearly 200 facilities and directly employs approximately 35,000 people. "Georgia-Pacific's investment of $100 million demonstrates the company's continued commitment to the commonwealth and the Bowling Green community," Gov. Bevin said. "For nearly three decades, the Dixie facility has served up opportunities for Kentuckians, and this latest announcement of more than 50 new full-time jobs will provide our highly-skilled workforce with even more pathways to success. Georgia-Pacific produces some of the world's most iconic household name brands, and we are grateful they have found an enduring home here in Kentucky, America's engineering and manufacturing center of excellence." "This is great news for our Dixie business and the Bowling Green plant. This expansion will help us continue meeting the needs of our customers as demand continues to grow for high-quality, durable paper plates and bowls," said Erik Sjogren, vice president and general manager of livingware at Georgia-Pacific. "We believe this expansion will also position our Bowling Green Dixie facility to remain competitive in the market and in the local community for the long term." This story was posted on 2019-05-22 18:42:26
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