# Darnel expands Monroe, North Carolina food packaging plant with $16 million investment

Darnel Inc. will invest about $16 million over five years to expand its Monroe, North Carolina plant, including a 60,000-square-foot warehouse and new production equipment, and create about 20 jobs. Union County and the City of Monroe approved incentive grants of up to $352,000 and $320,000.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-03-14
- Where: Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, United States
- Value: $16.0M
- Jobs: 20
- Status: announced
- Products: food packaging products, styrene-based packaging, pulp-based packaging
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Darnel Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/9010.md)
- [Ajover](https://endata.com/companies/9011.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [enquirerjournal.com](https://enquirerjournal.com/enquirer_journal/darnel-expanding-monroe-facility/article_47062c4f-dff9-50d1-aef8-fe5448d4dc3b.html), 2022-03-14: "Darnel's decision to expand its facility in Monroe will generate a capital investment of approximately $16 million over the next five years"

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