Chattanooga-based Southern Champion Tray plans to invest nearly $85 million in a new manufacturing plant at Centre South Riverport where it will create more than 120 jobs, officials said Tuesday.
The 93-year-old company, which makes paperboard packaging products including food sleeves, trays, window boxes, and cupcake inserts, already employs over 750 people, including more than 500 in Chattanooga.
The new manufacturing facility will convert paperboard into packaging products. Construction will begin in early 2021 with completion by early 2022.
John Zeiser, SCT president and chief executive officer, said the company is purchasing a 56.4-acre tract in Centre South off Amnicola Highway.
“It will support continued expansion of our manufacturing operation here in town,” he said. “We are bursting at the seams where we are, so we have to expand. We’re blessed to be able to continue to grow in Hamilton County.”