# Takigawa Corp. to build first US packaging plant in Bardstown, Kentucky

Japanese flexible packaging and high-performance films maker Takigawa Corp. will build a 180,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on a greenfield site in Bardstown, Kentucky, investing nearly $46 million and creating 180 full-time jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-12-11
- Where: Bardstown, Kentucky, United States
- Value: $46.0M
- Jobs: 180
- Status: announced
- Products: flexible packaging, high-performance films
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Takigawa Corp.](https://endata.com/companies/2532.md)

## Sources

- [newkentuckyhome.ky.gov](https://newkentuckyhome.ky.gov/Newsroom/NewsPage/12112017_Takigawa_Corp), 2017-12-11: "Takigawa Corp. Japan, a flexible packaging and high-performance films producer, will create 180 full-time jobs with a nearly $46 million investment to locate a manufacturing operation in Bardstown."

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