Dec 6 2007
Graham Packaging Company, L.P., has begun manufacturing operations in a new plant in Tuzla, Turkey, producing polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles for the personal care, household products, and dairy markets in western Turkey.
The newly constructed two-story, 4,000-square-meter plant replaces a facility that Graham Packaging previously occupied in Istanbul. The new plant is bigger, has more modern infrastructure, and is closer to the company's principal customers in the region. Sixty employees work in the plant.
"This investment in this plant is a tangible indication of Graham Packaging's commitment to the rapidly developing Turkish market and will serve as a base for growth in the overall Euro-Asian region," said Ashok Sudan, Graham Packaging executive vice president for global food and beverage.