# Sealed Air to invest $24M in plant-based food packaging capacity at Simpsonville, South Carolina

Sealed Air is investing about $24 million to add production of plant-based food packaging using Plantic resin at its Simpsonville, S.C. facility, with production scheduled to start in Q2 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-03-21
- Where: Simpsonville, South Carolina, United States
- Value: $24.0M
- Status: under construction
- Products: plant-based food packaging, Plantic resin, post-consumer plastic packaging materials
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Sealed Air](https://endata.com/companies/548.md)
- [Kuraray](https://endata.com/companies/2973.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [sealedair.com](https://www.sealedair.com/company/media-center/press-releases/sealed-air-and-kuraray-invest-new-production-capacity-plantic-plant-based-food), 2019-03-21: "Sealed Air's planned capital investment of $24 million is underway and production is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2020."
- [packaginginsights.com](https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/plant-based-packaging-first-for-us-sealed-air-and-kuraray-invest-in-new-production-capacity-for-bio-based-plantic.html), 2019-03-22: "Sealed Air's planned capital investment of US$24 million is underway and production is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2020."
- [profoodworld.com](https://www.profoodworld.com/facilities-design-infrastructure/news/13279584/sealed-air-expanding-south-carolina-facility), 2019-03-22: "Sealed Air Corporation is investing $24 million in its Simpsonville, SC facility to begin producing sustainable food packaging."
- [waste360.com](https://www.waste360.com/waste-management-finance/sealed-air-and-kuraray-invest-in-plant-based-food-packaging), 2019-04-19: "Sealed Air's planned capital investment of $24 million is underway and production is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2020."

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