Article: Procter & Gamble Co. picks Box Elder

Procter & Gamble Co. rolled out plans Wednesday to build a Charmin and Bounty paper-products manufacturing plant in unincorporated Box Elder County.

Procter & Gamble Family Care said the facility will include a new paper machine, converting lines and warehouse space. Groundbreaking is expected in early 2008, with the new paper machine starting up in early 2010.

The Box Elder County plant north of Bear River City is expected to be an initial $300 million investment with approximately 300 employees, on its way to perhaps 1,000 employees a few years later.

"Utah is proud that Procter & Gamble has chosen to locate its newest manufacturing plant here," Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. said in a ...

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