Materials firm Washington Penn is investing more than $100 million on an expansion in Kentucky that will create 88 jobs.
The expansion was one of 10 projects cited in an Aug. 31 news release from the office of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.
Washington, Pa.-based Washington Penn will invest $105.9 million at their plant in Clark County, according to the release. The firm's compounding plant there is in Frankfort. Company officials could not be reached for comment.
Washington Penn is one of North America's largest polypropylene compounders. The firm is a unit of Audia Group, which also owns and operates materials firms Uniform Color, Audia Elastomers and Southern Polymer.
In late 2020, Washington Penn acquired a compounding plant in Wapakoneta, Ohio, that Ametek Westchester Plastics had closed earlier that year. AWP had operated five twin-screw extrusion lines and three Farrel continuous mixers at the 250,000-square-foot plant, which opened in 1959.
Washington Penn also operates two plants in Washington, as well as plants in Lafayette, Ga.; Auburn Hills, Mich.; and Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The firm was founded by the Andy family in 1954 and sells into automotive, appliance, building and construction and many other end markets.