# Kruger Packaging nears completion of $114M recycled packaging plant in Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Kruger Packaging is building a $114 million, 400,000 sq ft packaging plant in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, expected to open in summer 2022 and create nearly 150 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-12-02
- Where: Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States
- Value: $114.0M
- Jobs: 150
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 2.4 billion square-feet of recycled corrugated boxes per year
- Products: 100 percent recycled corrugated boxes
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Kruger Packaging](https://endata.com/companies/8021.md)

## Sources

- [elizabethtown.kruger.com](https://elizabethtown.kruger.com/kruger-packaging-elizabethtown-marks-major-milestone/), 2021-12-06: "The $114 million state-of-the-art facility will manufacture environmentally sustainable packaging products, creating nearly 150 new jobs and supporting countless more in Hardin County and across Kentucky."
- [eifky.org](https://eifky.org/kruger-hosts-facility-tour-during-facility-managers-meeting/), 2023-02-23: "A $142 million investment, the state-of-the-art box plant encompasses nearly 500,000 square feet and will employ approximately 150 people."

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