Fort Worth, Texas-based Conner Industries, Inc., announced it has opened a new manufacturing facility in Southern Kentucky.
The plant, in Guthrie, Kentucky, further enlarges Conner’s integrated packaging division and is one of several large investments and acquisitions the company has made in the last few years. The new facility is expected to expand Conners integrated packaging capabilities and open up new markets to the company. It will serve large manufacturing customers in both Kentucky and Tennessee, along with its sister plants in Lewisburg and Fayetteville, Tenn., and provide products and services to pallet clients, and clients interested in wood, foam, plastic and corrugate integrated packaging solutions.
“The opening of a new facility in Kentucky is an important strategic development for Conner,” David Dixon, CEO of Conner Industries, said. “The new site will serve as an ideal platform to broaden our integrated packaging products to new and existing customers. This expansion illustrates the Conner commitment to adapting to our customers’ ever-changing need for solutions that reduce the total cost of packaging.”
The facility features more than 75,000-square-feet of manufacturing space and 3,000-square-feet of office space, with space for both wood pallet assembly and mixed material transportation packaging. The facility also offers 3 dock doors, 5 rollup doors, and a rail spur.
“Through strategic locations like this one, Conner continues to demonstrate our commitment to providing packaging solutions that optimize supply chains,” Dixon said. “The Kentucky location aligns our products and services with the needs of our customers in a rapidly changing and demanding industrial packaging environment.”