# Sonoco to invest $20M in new Atlanta-area packaging center for Duracell

Sonoco will invest $20 million in a new packaging center in a leased Atlanta-area facility to support Duracell's North American battery packaging operation. Full production is expected in the fourth quarter of 2018 under a five-year contract.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2016-12-02
- Where: Atlanta area, Georgia, United States
- Value: $20.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: primary packaging, retail merchandising displays
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Sonoco](https://endata.com/companies/268.md)
- [Duracell](https://endata.com/companies/490.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [archive.citybuzz.co](https://archive.citybuzz.co/article/390246/sonoco-to-invest-20-million-in-new-atlanta-area-packaging-center), 2016-12-02: "Sonoco ... today announced it will invest $20 million in the development of a new packaging center to support Duracell's new North America battery packaging operation."

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