Greg Wood, Plant Manager for Staunton River Plastics, speaks at the virtual announcement broadcast from Wayside Park in Hurt. A formal groundbreaking ceremony with state leaders and dignitaries will be scheduled later, given the current challenges presented by COVID-19.
Staunton River Plastics, LLC, plans to locate a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at the Southern Virginia Multimodal Park in Hurt, Virginia. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rage Corporation, an established plastics manufacturer specializing in numerous products used every day in the beauty and healthcare industries, with headquarters in Hilliard, Ohio, and an existing plant in Altavista, Virginia.
Staunton River Plastics will invest $34 million to build and equip a new, approximately 250,000-square-foot plant to supply a long-term order for a Fortune 500 company. The expansion will create more than 200 new jobs over four years. The Southern Virginia Multimodal Park site was ultimately chosen for the project due to its proximity to the company’s neighboring Altavista plant, its access to rail and the region’s proven quality workforce. The project will include multiple consecutive building phases with the first phase anticipated to be in commercial operation by mid-2021.
“Staunton River Plastics is excited to join the Southern Virginia Region business community,” said Greg Wood, the future Plant Manager for Staunton River Plastics. “We look forward to being a positive addition to the community of Hurt, Virginia.”
Rage Corporation is a family-owned company with a 40-year history of exceeding customer expectations in quality, performance and innovation in injection-molded and injection stretch blow-molded plastic products. Its clients include Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders in the consumer products, industrial and medical sectors. The Hurt operation will manufacture essential components which make up a variety of products that will be utilized by citizens across the nation during the COVID-19 battle.
The Staunton River Regional Industrial Facility Authority (SR RIFA), a collaborative effort between Pittsylvania County, the City of Danville and the Town of Hurt, worked with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, the Southern Virginia Regional Alliance (SVRA) and the Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission to secure the project.
“Staunton River Plastics is excited to join the Southern Virginia Region business community,” said future Staunton River Plastics Plant Manager Greg Wood.
“Today’s news of the company’s decision to locate in Hurt epitomizes how business responds to a region that is ready to support their infrastructure needs,” stated Linda Green, SVRA Executive Director.
From left to right: Staunton River Plastics Plant Manager Greg Wood, Staunton River RIFA members Sherman Saunders (also a City of Danville Council Member) and Robert “Bob” Warren (also Chairman of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors), as well as City of Danville Mayor Alonzo Jones (not pictured), Town of Hurt Mayor Gary Hodnett and Phillip West of Rage Corporation, the parent company of SRP, celebrate the signing of the company agreement.
