Bericap, a major international producer of specialized plastic closures, recently announced that it will locate and build its new design-built manufacturing plant in the Upstate Corporate Industrial Park in Cherokee County, S.C., investing approximately $20 million in the new facility. Construction of the first phase building, consisting of 90,000 square feet, will commence in 2007 with completion set for full production in early 2008. The site and building will allow room for future expansions.

The design of this new plant will feature and accommodate the use of automated state-of-the art equipment and processes in a climate-controlled environment. Operations will ramp-up in early 2008 on a 24-hour, 7-day production basis and will initially engage some 45 full-time well trained operators and management that will be recruited locally.

Job-specific training will be provided by the company through the Spartanburg Technical College program developed in coordination with the South Carolina State worker training program, readySC. Permanent job employment is projected to expand each year by some 10 positions per year.

“Bericap is pleased with its North American expansion into South Carolina,” said Gunter Krautkrämer, Bericap Group Managing Director. “The plant will employ the latest building design technology. It will continue the tradition of our global commitment to fostering a culture of product and process excellence and innovation.”

The location in the new Upstate Corporate Industrial Park provides easy access to Interstate 85 and meets the company’s strategic commitment to efficiently serve its expanding Southeast U.S. market areas.

The South Carolina plant will be the company’s third North American facility to be created in 11 years. The existing plants are located in Ontario, California and Burlington, Ontario, Canada. The new plant will provide both volume production relief and continued growth capabilities for existing and new innovative products.

The Upstate Corporate Industrial Park is a joint venture initiative by Spartanburg and Cherokee counties to bring new industry and jobs to the area. The counties will develop some 500 acres of land dedicated to the creation of the Upstate Corporate Industrial Park.

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