# Gruppo Fanti to open first U.S. container plant in Weirton, West Virginia

Italian packaging maker Gruppo Fanti will invest $30 million to buy and reuse the former Signode building in Weirton's Half Moon Industrial Park, creating at least 40 jobs. It is the group's first U.S. plant.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-11-19
- Where: Weirton, West Virginia, United States
- Value: $30.0M
- Jobs: 40
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 100 million metal cans per year across the group
- Products: metal cans, metal and plastic containers
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Gruppo Fanti](https://endata.com/companies/7248.md)

## Sources

- [areadevelopment.com](https://www.areadevelopment.com/newsitems/11-19-2020/gruppo-fanti-manufacturing-weirton-west-virginia.shtml), 2020-11-19: "Gruppo Fanti, a metal packaging manufacturing company headquartered in Bologna, Italy, will invest $30 million to open its first U.S.-based manufacturing plant in Weirton, West Virginia."
- [reviewonline.com](https://www.reviewonline.com/news/local-news/2020/11/italian-manufacturer-coming-to-weirton/), 2020-11-19: "Gov. Jim Justice Wednesday announced an international manufacturer of metal and plastic containers will open its first U.S. plant at the Half Moon Industrial Park, investing $30 million"
- [weirtondailytimes.com](https://www.weirtondailytimes.com/news/local-news/2020/11/italian-firm-coming-to-half-moon-industrial-park-in-weirton/), 2020-11-19: "Gov. Jim Justice Wednesday announced an international manufacturer of metal and plastic containers will open its first U.S. plant at the Half Moon Industrial Park, investing $30 million"

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