By - Associated Press - Friday, January 8, 2021
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - Ball Corp. plans to build a new plant in southern Kentucky that will employ about 200 people making tops for aluminum cans, the company said.
The Colorado-based company announced plans on Thursday to build a 450,000-square-foot (41,806-square-meter) plant on a 40-acre (16.2 hectares) site in Bowling Green, the Daily News reported.
Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority documents show Ball subsidiary Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp. is investing $305 million to build and equip the facility.
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December 24, 2020
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- The Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that there’s over 6,000 jobs open in the 10-county region in South Central Kentucky.
Even with the pandemic, the chamber says the economy is expected to keep growing over the next decade. The healthcare and hospitality industries are expected to see the largest annual growth rates at nearly 1.5%.
The manufacturing sector will need 25,000 people to keep up with demand while the professional service sector will need 53,000.
Ron Bunch, president and chief executive officer of the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce says that the majority of those open jobs are in the Bowling Green and Warren County area.