# Emmerson Packaging spends $3.5M on Amherst plant connector and self-driving forklifts

Emmerson Packaging is investing approximately $3.5 million to build a connector between its Amherst main plant and its warehouse, adding self-driving forklifts for material movement, reported January 2021.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-01-20
- Where: Amherst, Canada
- Value: $2.70M (3.50M CAD)
- Status: under construction
- Products: packaging rolls, self-driving forklifts
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Emmerson Packaging](https://endata.com/companies/7516.md)

## Sources

- [saltwire.com](https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/amhersts-emmerson-packaging-spending-35-million-in-latest-expansion-542752), 2021-01-20: "Emmerson Packaging is in the midst of a $3.5-million addition that will connect the main plant with the former Pure Energy Battery facility next door that it uses for storage."

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