Container maker plans $52M Georgia warehouse, hiring 70
April 25, 2021 GMT
ROME, Ga. (AP) A Colorado company that makes aluminum cans and cups is buying land in northwest Georgia to build a $51.8 million distribution center that will add 70 jobs.
Ball Corp., of Westminster, Colorado, will pay the Rome-Floyd County Development Authority and Development Authority of Floyd County about $3.8 million for the land. The company plans a 750,000 square-foot (70,000 square-meter) warehouse and distribution center for the 109-acre (44-hectare) site.
The Rome News-Tribune reports directors of the two development authorities approved the sale Tuesday.
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Ball two years ago bought another parcel of land, but concluded the property wouldn’t work. The company makes aluminum cans and recyclable aluminum cups at two Rome-area plants.
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