# Cascades and Sonoco invest $16M to expand Birmingham, Alabama container plant

A Cascades and Sonoco joint venture plans to invest $16 million to expand its Birmingham, Alabama plant for a new line of recyclable take-out containers. The line is expected to start up by mid-2018; the announcement is dated 2017-02-24.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-02-24
- Where: Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- Value: $16.0M
- Jobs: 20
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 40,000-50,000 tons of containers per year at full capacity
- Products: take-out food containers, water-based coated paper containers
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Cascades](https://endata.com/companies/923.md)
- [Sonoco](https://endata.com/companies/268.md) (partner)
- [Sonoco Products](https://endata.com/companies/315.md) (partner)
- [Cascades](https://endata.com/companies/923.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [canadianmanufacturing.com](https://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/manufacturing/quebec-based-cascades-investing-16m-sonoco-expand-alabama-plant-186131/), 2017-02-24: "A Cascades Inc. joint venture plans to invest $16 million to expand an existing plant in the southern U.S."
- [bhamnow.com](https://bhamnow.com/2017/02/28/this-birmingham-business-just-invested-16-million-to-make-recyclable-takeout-containers/), 2017-03-01: "Work on the $16 million expansion began earlier this year and should be completed and ready to go sometime next year."

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