Go North, Young Bottler!
| By JB - Sep 17th, 2003 at 2:00 am EDT |
Good news this morning for Northern Colorado (albeit at Wyoming's expense):
Owens-Illinois will build a state-of-the-art, $119 million bottle plant east of Windsor in Weld County, which state and local officials are calling the biggest economic plum for northern Colorado in years.
Amazing statistics reflecting today's manufacturing economics;
The 545,000-square-foot facility will employ about 150 people making an average salary of almost $50,000...
The Owens-Illinois deal will bring $481 million to the region over the next 10 years, according to Ron Klaphake, president and CEO of Greeley Weld Economic Development, a key player in the negotiations.
..."I wish they were creating 1,500 jobs, instead of 150 jobs," he mused. ...
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