The company established the new plant in Macungie to service its northeast U.S. customers. It will receive rolls of 100% recycled containerboard that it will convert to boxes and customized point-of-sale materials for its customers.
"Pratt Industries is proof that Pennsylvania, along with its traditional industries, is also becoming a center of green technology," Corbett said. "That's one of the reasons my administration was so enthusiastic about helping Pratt to establish this new, state-of-the-art facility here in Macungie."
Pratt Industries is investing $31 million in the project, which is largely accounted for by $27 million in equipment purchases.
Pratt Industries employs some 3,500 people in more than 80 locations in 20 states. The new Lehigh Valley plant is the company's first facility in Pennsylvania.
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