Client: CANPACK- Projects: (2) Manufacturing Plants
- Locations: Olyphant, PA, and Muncie, IN
- Sizes: 1.1 million SF (Olyphant); 860,000 SF (Muncie)
- Architect: Margulies Hoelzli Architecture
- Responsibility: Construction Management
When global packaging manufacturer CANPACK decided to expand into the U.S. market, the company with its roots in Krakow, Poland, entrusted its growth plan to Blue Rock Construction.
Blue Rock was proud to deliver not only CANPACK’s first U.S.-based facility in Olyphant, Pa., but also its second state-of-the-art aluminum beverage can manufacturing plant in Muncie, Ind.
In Olyphant, Blue Rock constructed a 1.1 million-square-foot plant, the largest manufacturing project in the Greater Scranton Area since Proctor and Gamble in 1966
Originally, the Olyphant project was designed at 907,000 square feet, but the decision to add new storage space and install a fourth line expanded the building to 1.1 million square feet. The expansion was completed in September 2022.
Last month, Blue Rock received a certificate of occupancy for the 862,000-square-foot Muncie plant.
The two buildings feature:
- Production area with four manufacturing lines
- Warehouse storage and support areas
- Chemical storage
- Recycling area
- Pallet-storage area
In Olyphant, the facility also features an Experience Center. The high-tech, 3,000-square-foot Experience Center entertains prospects with special audio/visual presentations.
Blue Rock’s responsibilities for the eye-catching space included framing, flooring, drywall, all electrical work, painting, fire alarm, plumbing, and HVAC work.
A distinctive feature of the Experience Center included the installation of Kwik-Walls, which are sliding glass partitions with a sound transmission class rating (STC) of 58, meaning loud sources are barely heard.
Blue Rock also had the unique role of coordinating work with designers Momentum Worldwide in the United Kingdom, which provided conceptual designs with 3D renderings.
Both high-profile projects garnered visits from governors and other state, county, and community officials, including Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb and former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf.
CANPACK said it selected Muncie as its second U.S. plant location with plans to invest $380 million in Delaware County and to create 345 high-paying jobs. The Olyphant plant was anticipated to provide over 500 local jobs.
About the CANPACK Group
The CANPACK Group is a global group of packaging companies with its roots in Krakow, Poland. The CANPACK Group’s operations include aluminum can manufacturing, glass bottle production, the manufacture of food and industrial packaging, and the production of crown caps. CANPACK’s ultimate parent is GIORGI GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC., a global holding company with its operational headquarters in Blandon, Pa., and with operations in the agricultural, food, and packaging sectors.
Thank You
Blue Rock enjoyed successful projects for CANPACK by partnering with some of the best companies in the business. Blue Rock extends our appreciation to the following organizations for a job well done!
1220 Inc. • Ace Electric • Advanced Cleaning • All American Concrete • Armor Masonry Restoration • Carter Mechanical • Contemporary Wall • Desco • DGI-Menard Inc. • Duggan and Marcon • Eastern Roofing • Fabcon • FastSigns • Fenstermacher Masonry • Flynn Wrecking • Greenman-Pedersen Inc. • HF3 • Kane Communications • Kenric Steel • Margulies Hoelzli Architecture • McCombs Steel • Morris Black • Overhead Door of Reading • Olyphant Borough • Olyphant Fire Department • Otis Elevators • S.A. Comunale • Scranton Sheet Metal • Smith Site Development LLC • Smith/Roberts and Associates • South Jersey Glass & Door Company • Tom Adams Windows & Carpets • Van Eerden Coatings, LLC • William H. Lane Inc.
MUNCIE, IN
A.G. Maas Supply Co. • Ace Electric • AEP • Alt Witzig • Arthur Cleaning • Best Way Disposal • Bollinger Electric • C4SEM • Captive Aire • Carter Mechanical • Catalyst USA, Inc. • CE Reeve Roofing • City Fence • City of Muncie Building Commissioners Office • Cowan Volunteer Fire Department • Crider & Crider • Cross Road Engineers • DEEM, LLC • Delaware County Building Commissioner • Delaware Glass • Delaware-Muncie Metro Plan Commission • DESCO • Earthcam • Eastern Engineering • Fabcon • Fast Signs of Allentown • FCI • Flagpoles Etc. • Fredericks Contractors • Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. • HF3 Associates, LLC • Indiana American Water • Indiana Department of Homeland Security • Jack Laurie Group• Jay-Crew Landscape • Jeff E. Mason • JTB Masonry • Kane Communications • Kenric Steel • Kleenit Group, Inc. • Koorsen• Lancaster Portable Toilets • MacAllister Rentals • Margulies Hoelzli Architecture • McCombs Steel • McNally and Sons • Monroe Township • Otis Elevator • Overhead Door of Reading • Porta King • Providence Engineering Corp • Ryan Fire Protection • Satellite Shelters • Scaffold King • Security Maintenance Group • Smyrna Ready Mix • South Jersey Glass & Door • Spohn Associates Inc. • Sunbelt Rentals • Terra Site Development • Titan Electric • TWC Concrete LLC• Tylonius • United Rental • Vision Painting • Vision Specialties • Weihe Engineers• William Scotsman • Xcel Clean of Indiana