Celebrating the ground-breaking ceremony, from left, John Hampton, of VanVactor Construction; Dave VanVactor, VanVactor Construction; Joe Carr, VP/General Manager at Madras; Bill Berry, Madras Plant Manager; Linda Jones, Argos Town Council representative; Tom Turner, Marshall County Econmic Development Corp. director; and Donna Markey, of Madras. Pilot Photo/Maggie Nixon

By Rusty Nixon

Correspondent

ARGOS – In tough economic times there is good news coming out of Madras Packaging.

The Argos company broke ground on a new warehousing facility Wednesday that will provide four new jobs immediately and many more in a short span of time.

“By the year 2012, we hope to have 30 new jobs,” said Joe Carr, Vice President and General Manager at Madras Packaging.

The company, which produces dairy, industrial, household chemical and personal care bottles, will begin construction this month on a 40,000 square-foot warehouse adjacent to its existing 130,000 square-foot bottle production facility on Dewey Street in Argos.  Total investment for the new building and equipment is expected to be $5.8 million over the next three years. 

Local contractor VanVactor Construction will build the facility an addition to the plants current building on Dewey Street in Argos.

See tomorrow's Pilot News for more.