{"id":184891,"date":"2024-10-15T21:23:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T02:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=184891"},"modified":"2024-10-17T10:07:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T15:07:31","slug":"egg-carton-officials-cut-ribbon-on-new-van-wert-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/10\/15\/egg-carton-officials-cut-ribbon-on-new-van-wert-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials cut ribbon on new Van Wert plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local and state officials joined with TekniPlex officials on Tuesday to celebrate the grand opening of the company\u2019s newest facility at Vision Industrial Park in Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Construction of the $17.5 million, 200,000 square foot facility began in June 2023. The plant will produce egg cartons made of specialty molded fibers and is one of seven such specialty plants owned by TekniPlex in the United States and Mexico, including one in Decatur, Indiana. The local plant is expected to employ approximately 100 workers and produce $4.8 million in annual revenue. Salaries are wide ranging, depending on position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/TekniPlex-10-15-2024-e1729177630441.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184890\"\/><figcaption>Executives cut the ribbon at the new TekniPlex facility in Van Wert&#8217;s Vision Industrial Park. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur new facility is bringing a lot of cutting edge technology,\u201d Eldon Schafer, CEO, TekniPlex Consumer Products said to those in attendance. \u201cIt\u2019s designed to help us protect products, strengthen brands and innovate sustainability. We are helping our customers win by protecting one of nature\u2019s most fragile things on earth \u2013 the egg. We\u2019re strengthing brands with our high performance egg cartons and raising the bar in appearance and performance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are innovating sustainability by bringing all of this together, made from 100 percent recycled materials,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brent Stevens, Executive Director, Van Wert Area Economic Development Corporation, thanked local and state officials for their part in making the new facility a reality by ironing out various details and incentives, including tax breaks and an extension of Vision Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing addition to Vision Park,\u201d Stevens said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a great boon to Van Wert, adding extra jobs in this area. The equipment is amazing and we\u2019re trying to make sure we\u2019re bringing in the latest technology to Van Wert.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jay Arnold, Senior Vice-President, TekniPlex Fiber Business, also made remarks to those in attendance and a proclamation from Governor Mike DeWine was read aloud by TekniPlex officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was also noted that future expansion is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s grand opening included a ribbon cutting ceremony and guided tours of the facilty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor Local and state officials joined with TekniPlex officials on Tuesday to celebrate the grand opening of the company\u2019s newest facility at Vision Industrial Park in Van Wert. Construction of the $17.5 million, 200,000 square foot facility began in June 2023. The plant will produce egg cartons made of specialty molded fibers and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-10 17:06:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184891"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184966,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184891\/revisions\/184966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}