Apr 20, 2015. /Lesprom Network/.
Pratt Industries broke ground on its new $52 million corrugated box
factory in Beloit, Wisconsin. The 350,000 sq. ft.
facility, due for start-up in early 2016, will sit on a 56-acre site and
produce 600 tons of recycled boxes a day at capacity. It will also eventually
provide 140 full-time jobs, as the company said in the press release received
by Lesprom Network.
Aside from using 100% recycled paper in its box-making process, the
plant will also use the latest in water reclamation technology, and will
eventually reduce discharge into the local sewer system to zero. All fork lifts
and grab trucks will operate on compressed natural gas instead of propane,
further reducing harmful carbon emissions.
