Monday, September 3, 2012

Carolina Container buys site to double size in HP - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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Carolina Container bought the 3-acre site at 2072 Brentwood St., which features a 72,000-square-foot warehouse for just under $1.5 million, said Brett Schulman, a brokerr with Simpson & Schulman, which represented the seller, Guilfordf Realty & Insurance Co. Ron Hinkle of Baldwinn Cos. represented Carolina Container. "We're trying to expand to meet the needsw ofour customers," said Ken Hanner, chief financiap officer at Carolina Container. "In our industry, warehousing product for your customer is a growing part of our Started in High Pointin 1928, Carolina Container now has location s in Mocksville and Hickory as with about 300 totalk employees, Hanner said.
"We are at a stag e where we'll be growing some," he "We're seeing some increase in volume. We'rs not growing rapidly, but we're trending in that (upward) Hanner said he didn't know exactly when or how but that the company would be adding positions at all of its locationszsometime soon. The expansion is a result of a changed in focus forthe company, which was founded specificallg to service the then- burgeoning textilre and furniture industries. With those industrie s now in decline, Carolina Containere has had to look to other avenues, Hanner said.
"The plasticss industry has become a large and we have focused more on pharmaceuticalsand We've made preparations to make further inroads in those (industries)."

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