# Sonoco to open $20M packaging center in Fairburn, Georgia, creating 595 jobs

Sonoco Products will invest about $20 million in a new packaging center in Fairburn, Fulton County, Georgia, creating 130 full-time and 465 part-time jobs to support Duracell's North American battery packaging operation.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-01-25
- Where: Fairburn, Fulton County, Georgia, United States
- Value: $20.0M
- Jobs: 595
- Status: announced
- Products: battery packaging, retail merchandising displays, packaging materials and services
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Sonoco Products](https://endata.com/companies/315.md)
- [Duracell](https://endata.com/companies/490.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [businessfacilities.com](https://businessfacilities.com/sonoco-creating-595-jobs-in-georgia/), 2017-01-26: "Sonoco Products Company will create 130 full-time and 465 part-time jobs in a new packaging center in Fairburn, GA."

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