{"id":7475,"date":"2025-06-04T05:09:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T09:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=7475"},"modified":"2025-06-04T05:09:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T09:09:01","slug":"green-bay-packaging-confirms-over-1bn-arkansas-facility-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=7475","title":{"rendered":"Green Bay Packaging confirms over $1bn Arkansas facility expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"


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US manufacturer Green Bay Packaging is investing more than $1bn to expand and modernise its Morrilton facility in Arkansas, US.<\/p>\n

The expansion plan also includes the acquisition of approximately 300 acres of land for future investments, potentially more than doubling the mill\u2019s current production capacity.<\/p>\n

The multiyear initiative will enhance the infrastructure of the Arkansas Kraft facility, including the replacement of key process components such as the site\u2019s recovery boiler and biomass boiler.<\/p>\n

An electric turbine generator will also be installed to reduce scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n

The project is expected to create 35 new jobs, adding to the company\u2019s existing workforce of over 620 employees in Conway County.<\/p>\n

Green Bay Packaging will recruit for roles such as operators, mechanics, electricians, and engineers.<\/p>\n

The company operates multiple facilities in Central Arkansas, including two in Plumerville, one in Conway, and another in Morrilton, alongside the Arkansas Kraft Division Campus.<\/p>\n

Green Bay Packaging mill operations vice-president Matt Szymanski said: \u201cWe are excited to officially break ground on Project PowerPack.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project reflects our ongoing commitment to quality and sustainability, as well as our dedication to our employees, customers, and the communities in which we live and work.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2024, six US counties: Conway, Pope, Faulkner, Johnson, Saline, as well as the City of Morrilton, collaborated with the Arkansas Department of Transportation to relocate Highway 113, enabling the project to proceed.<\/p>\n

Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders said: \u201cThank you, Green Bay Packaging, for the important service you\u00a0have provided for over 50 years in Arkansas, the hundreds of jobs you provide for our state, and for your over $1bn investment \u2013 representing the largest capital investment project in Central Arkansas\u2019 history.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last month, Green Bay Packaging selected ANDRITZ to supply<\/a> a recovery boiler, evaporation facility, and power boiler for its pulp mill in Morrilton.<\/p>\n

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