A plastic packaging company has floated plans for opening a manufacturing facility in an existing Lee’s Summit warehouse off Tudor Road and has proposed to city officials a tax incentive package to help fund the effort.
Pennsylvania-based Graham Packaging, which makes a wide range of plastic items, like motor oil bottles, drink bottles, food containers and home care product containers, brought forward the proposal to City Council members in a presentation at their Tuesday night meeting.
Company representatives said the company would plan to bring in around $33.7 million worth of machinery and equipment to about 215,000 square feet of a facility in the Lee’s Summit Commerce Center and said the project would have 82 jobs, which would have an average wage of around $83,000…