Lee Container Corp. is proposing to locate new Midwestern manufacturing in Centerville, Iowa, to serve existing and new customers for blow molded plastic containers. Enterprise Zone tax benefits were awarded to the project for 124 jobs, 28 of the jobs paying an average wage of $19.04 per hour.

Initially the company would begin with three production lines in a 250,000 square foot rail served building. Based in Homerville, Ga., Lee Container plans to expand in Centerville to 600,000 square feet more than 10 production lines, and over 200 employees within 10 years.

Customers for the containers include Syngenta, BASF, Helena, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, Dupont, FMC, Dow and others.

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