# Pratt Industries breaks ground on $500M paper mill and box factory in Henderson, Kentucky

Pratt Industries broke ground in Henderson, Kentucky, on a $500 million paper mill and box factory complex that will create 321 jobs across two facilities. The box factory is due for completion by 2023.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-12-16
- Where: Henderson, Kentucky, United States
- Value: $500.0M
- Jobs: 321
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 500,000-square-foot box factory; 650,000-square-foot paper mill producing 100% recycled paper
- Products: corrugated sheet and boxes, pizza boxes, recycled paper
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Pratt Industries](https://endata.com/companies/1427.md)

## Sources

- [newkentuckyhome.ky.gov](https://newkentuckyhome.ky.gov/Newsroom/NewsPage/20211216_Pratt_Groundbreaking), 2021-12-17: "Company leaders commit to investing additional $100 million toward 320-plus-job project."
- [lanereport.com](https://www.lanereport.com/150476/2021/12/pratt-industries-breaks-ground-on-500-million-henderson-mill-box-factory/), 2021-12-17: "Pratt broke ground on the first of two facilities that will total 1.15 million s.f. along Kentucky 425 in Henderson County."
- [theconstructionbroadsheet.com](https://theconstructionbroadsheet.com/pratt-announces-m-kentucky-paper-mill-and-box-factory-project-p628-174.htm), 2022-01-03: "Georgia-based corrugated packaging company Pratt Industries Inc. has broken ground on a new $500 million paper mill and box factory in Henderson, Kentucky."
- [valvemagazine.com](https://www.valvemagazine.com/news/500m-paper-mill-and-box-factory-to-be-built-in-ky), 2022-01-06: "Georgia-based corrugated packaging company Pratt Industries Inc. has broken ground on a new $500 million paper mill and box factory in Henderson, KY."

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