East Union Twp., PA -
The Packaging Wholesalers, one of the nation's largest suppliers of packaging materials to the supply chain industry, announced its plans to open a distribution center of 293,493 square feet of industrial space at 63 Green Mountain Road in Humboldt Industrial Park West, East Union Township, near Hazleton, PA. The building was developed and is owned by Mericle Commercial Real Estate Services.
The company has scheduled a grand opening for December 1st and will use the facility to distribute more than 1,200 sizes of corrugated boxes and shipping materials such as tapes, stretch film, steel strapping and more. The firm expects to hire 40 plus employees.
Humboldt Industrial Park is one of the largest industrial parks in Pennsylvania.
The company made the decision to lease space at 63 Green Mountain Road to improve delivery lead times nationwide, especially to its customers on the east coast. The Packaging Wholesalers founder and owner Mike Hrbacek said “the Humboldt Industrial Park facility gives the company access to I-81 and I-80. This building places us within three to four hours of the east coast's population,” Hrbacek said. “The new warehouse and offices will support our cost-cutting technological advances to our patent pending delivered pricing program and will allow us to capitalize on aggressive pricing and quicker lead times through our nationally recognized tiered pricing program,” he said.
CAN DO President Kevin O'Donnell said the economic development agency is excited that The Packaging Wholesalers chose Greater Hazleton for its newest distribution center and thanked Mericle Commercial Real Estate for completing the lease agreement.
“Many companies have located to our area because of its strategic location to markets. We are also pleased that Mericle Commercial Real Estate has been successful in bringing yet another company to our community. Mericle has been a strong partner of CAN DO for many years,” - Kevin O'Donnell, President, CAND DO Inc.
The Packaging Wholesalers is based in Elgin, Illinois, where it operates a 500,000 square foot corporate headquarters and distribution center and also has a 300,000 square foot distribution center in Dallas, Texas.
To explore the services Mericle Commercial Real Estate has to offer visit www.mericle.com
To explore the services CAN DO, Inc. has to offer visit www.hazletoncando.com
