DURACELLLocations: Cleveland, Tenn.; LaGrange, Ga.; Lancaster, S.C.Tennessee employees: 410 full-time, 150 temporaryTennessee plants: One C and D battery production plant and one distribution facility in Cleveland that packages batteries from all Duracell plantsExpansion plans: $36 million in Cleveland and 60 new workers
No matter the language on Duracell’s packaging, a C or D battery anywhere in the world can trace its roots back to Cleveland, Tenn.
P&G announced Wednesday that Duracell’s Cleveland plant is now the sole producer of the big batteries that power the world’s flashlights, cameras and radios.
To charge up its largest battery factory, the company will spend $36 million to expand the plant and add 60 jobs in Bradley County, said plant manager Bill Barkley.
“We are becoming the global producer for C and D Duracell batteries,” Barkley said.