Global packaging firm CCL Industries Inc. announced plans to invest $30 million to add 36,000 square feet to its Laurens County manufacturing operations in Clinton, S.C., creating 98 jobs in the next five years. Major construction is slated for completion by the end of 2015.
CCL Label, the subsidiary of CCL Industries that operates in Laurens County, produces film materials for global customers in the consumer packaging, health care, automotive and consumer durables markets, and provides extruded and laminated plastic tubes, folded instructional leaflets, and precision-printed and die-cut metal components with LED displays.
The Laurens County facility manufactures highly engineered component products and printing for electronics, automotive, consumer battery and beverage markets, according to a news release. The facility joined CCL Industries via the acquisition of two businesses of Avery Dennison – Avery Office & Consumer Products and Designed & Engineered Solutions – for $500 million in early 2013. Avery has been operating in Laurens for several years, according to S.C. Department of Commerce spokesman Allison Skipper.
“CCL is pleased to expand its operations in Clinton and build on the long history the site has with the Laurens County community,” said CCL VP of Technology Development Al Green in a news release. “This project is a result of our growing global businesses in a number of important expanding markets. The Clinton site, its management team and the skilled and reliable workforce made it an easy decision to help grow the Southern U.S. corridor for many of the products we manufacture globally, and to leverage the unique capabilities of the Clinton site.”
CCL Industries employs 10,400 people and operates 99 production facilities in 28 countries on five continents, with corporate offices in Toronto, Canada, and Framingham, Mass.
“Our existing industries in Laurens County are vital to our economic development effort, and every time one of them expands, it is proof that Laurens County is a great place for business and industry to grow and prosper,” said Laurens County Council and Laurens County Development Corporation Chairman Jim Coleman. “We are excited that CCL has chosen Clinton to make a major investment to grow their operation, and we look forward to working with them as they continue to grow.”
