With $13.6 million investment, Atlanta company expands operation into Charlotte region
An Atlanta-based bottling company is building a plant in Mooresville, according to the Iredell County Economic Development Corporation.
Battle Copacking will invest $13.6 million in the facility, in Deerfield Business Park about 45 minutes outside of Charlotte, the county EDC said in a news release Wednesday. The plant will package beverages like soda, seltzers and alcoholic drinks.
The plant will create 20 full-time jobs with average wages higher than the Iredell county average of $51,136. The news release did not specify the average wage of the new positions.
The 128,000-square-foot facility will be completed by the end of the year, the company said in the news release.
Battle Copacking, part of Battle Packaging, focuses on middle market drink brands. The company has been in the beverage bottling business for more than 40 years and is one of the oldest and largest drink packagers in the U.S., according to its website.
The Iredell County and town of Mooresville Board of Commissioners each voted Tuesday to support the project with an economic development incentive grant. The combine maximum total of those incentives would be $567,146 paid over a five year period, a spokeswoman for the county EDC confirmed.
Jerry Kaufman, executive vice president of strategic development at Battle, said he has been searching for an investment opportunity in Mooresville since moving to the town with his family in 2015.
Other projects in the Charlotte region
The Charlotte region attracted several major manufacturing investments last year, including a $740 million investment and new facility in Concord from beverage companies Red Bull and Rauch.
That joint venture will create 400 new jobs just up Interstate 85 at the site of the former Philip Morris cigarette manufacturing plant.
Other projects include expansions from Hickory-based Sherrill Furniture, automotive product firm Holley Performance Products and British electric vehicle maker Arrival.
This story was originally published January 5, 2022 at 12:12 PM.
