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Article: TAX BREAKS ON FACTORY LOCKED EXPANSION DEAL BERRY PLASTICS TO CREATE 360 JOBS AT EVANSVILLE PLANT
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- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- March 20, 2009
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Some of Berry Plastics' greatest successes have come through the
sale of drink cups.
Now the company has chosen Evansville as the place to try out the
newest variation on its prime product - the clear cups used for
coffee, lattes and similar drinks.
To that end, Berry Plastics will hire 360 employees in the next
seven years and build a $150 million expansion to its global
headquarters at 101 Oakley St.
Ira G. Boots, Berry chairman and chief executive officer, said he
doesn't consider this new venture a great risk.
"We are very confident," Boots said. "That's why Berry is
expanding in a dark economy. We have a world-leading technology that
no one has been able to duplicate to date."
The ...