Document - Historical information/data - Eagan Treasurers Account Book Herbert Polzin - (188)Dakota County
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Facility Costing
4 Million Will
Give 250 Jobs
A 4-million-dollar glass man-
ufacturing plant will be built
in Dakota county about 'two
miles south of the Mendota
bridge, it was learned today,
The plant will be built 'by
Brockway Glass Co., Inc,,
Brockway, Pa., which reputed-
ly is the nation's fourth largest
manufacturer of glass contain-
ers.
Representing one of the.f„g- -
est investments in a i:ew plant
in this -area in the past few
years, the new facility is ex-
pected to provide jobs fdr,
about 250 employes.
Ground will be broken for
the new plant some three'.
next spring, it was reported.,,
The site is about one-fourth
mile southwest of the L u 11
Engineering Co. on hwy. 13 in
Eagan township. The Brock-
way firm reportedly surveyed
several other possible sites in
the state before settling on the
one in Dakota county.
The new facility will pro-
duce flint (clear) glass con-
tainers for use by some of
the large industries of the Twin
Cities, such as the cosmetics
industry in St. Paul, it was
reported.
Officials of t h e Brockway
firm will come to St. Paul next
week and are expected to re-
lease full details of their plans
at a press conference.