# Polykar breaks ground on $40M plastic packaging plant in Edmonton

Polykar began construction on a $40 million expansion in south Edmonton on July 8, 2021. The facility will produce recyclable and compostable plastic film, garbage bags, and food packaging, employing 70 people when fully operational in 2024.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-07-08
- Where: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Value: $40.0M
- Jobs: 70
- Starts operating: 2024
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 13.6 million kg of plastic products per year
- Products: plastic film, garbage bags, food packaging
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Polykar](https://endata.com/companies/13572.md)

## Sources

- [edmonton.taproot.news](https://edmonton.taproot.news/news/2021/07/09/montreal-based-plastics-company-breaks-ground-on-new-manufacturing-facility-in-edmonton), 2021-07-09: "We are not your traditional plastics processor."

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