Site of WNA Chattanooga expansion.A Chattanooga food service packaging plant has unveiled its second expansion in two years, boosting its announced investment to about $33 million as its latest addition creates 40 new jobs.
Greg Dempsey, WNA Chattanooga’s vice president of operations, said the newest $11 million investment will redo part of a building near its Quintus Loop facilities to make room for two more production lines.
“We’ve already started work to convert it,” he said.
WNA plans to install high-speed thermoforming machines to manufacture products such as plastic clam shells and hinged container packaging.
Production is to start early next year, Dempsey said. The new jobs are to pay between $10 and 15 per hour, he said.