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Ecopax LLC is expanding one of its Lehigh Valley manufacturing locations to meet demand for its food packaging products that are made using energy-efficient processes and eco-conscious materials.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 104,328-square-foot expansion in Bethlehem, in Lehigh Valley Industrial Park VII, will create up to 20 new jobs.<\/p>\n
\u201cEcopax<\/a> is committed to growing our sustainable manufacturing capabilities right here in the Lehigh Valley,\u201d company Founder Peter Wong said.<\/p>\n The company\u2019s customizable products include takeout containers, food trays, cups, lids, and bags.<\/p>\n Lehigh Valley\u2019s $55.7 billion economy is driven by manufacturing and Ecopax is one of several Lehigh Valley manufacturers that have announced, completed, or started expansions or new locations in recent months.<\/p>\n About 700 manufacturers collectively produce an output of $9 billion a year, representing 16% of the region\u2019s Gross Domestic Product. That puts the Lehigh Valley among the Top 15% of manufacturing markets in the nation. Employment in manufacturing has grown by 28.8% since 2010, three times the rate of the U.S.<\/p>\n Manufacturers that have expanded recently include B. Braun<\/a> (medical equipment), Phoenix Tube<\/a> (metal production), FLSmidth Cement<\/a> (industrial equipment), and Bronkhorst USA<\/a> (liquid and gas flow instruments).<\/p>\n Filter King<\/a> (HVAC filters) and Myers Emergency & Power Systems<\/a> (battery systems) opened new factories. Kervan USA<\/a> (candy) broke ground on a manufacturing and packaging facility. Bosch Rexroth<\/a> (hydraulics) broke ground on a logistics facility. Kerry Group<\/a> (coffee roasting and extraction) announced plans for a new factory.<\/p>\n Ecopax is based in Forks Township. It expanded by constructing the Bethlehem location<\/a> in 2017. Ecopax has three production facilities in the U.S. In addition to the two in the Lehigh Valley, there is one in California. The company also has four locations in Asia.<\/p>\n The expansion will be constructed by J.G. Petrucci Company, Inc.<\/a>, which built Ecopax\u2019s plant in Forks Township in 2006.<\/p>\n \u201cEcopax\u2019s continued investment in their Bethlehem facility illustrates the strength of our industrial parks and the value of long-term partnerships between local companies and experienced developers like J.G. Petrucci,\u201d said Kerry Wrobel, President of Lehigh Valley Industrial Park, Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n The addition will complement an existing 315,643-square-foot manufacturing and warehousing facility. It will feature six new loading docks, 12 additional truck parking spaces, and upgraded fire protection infrastructure, including two new fire hydrants and a water line expansion.<\/p>\n (Photo courtesy of J.G. Petrucci Company, Inc.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Ecopax LLC is expanding one of its Lehigh Valley manufacturing locations to meet demand for its food…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,97528],"class_list":["post-224581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-ecopax-expansion-lehigh-valley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}