It's official: Agri-Plastics is coming to Sidney

Agri-Plastics if officially coming to Sidney.

The Ontario, Canada, based plastics manufacturer will join Lukjan Metal Products LLC at One Greenwood Road, a $4.5 million investment.

Sidney City Council approved the facility sub-division at its Sept. 26 meeting.

Agri-Plastics will close on its deal with Lukjan at the end of this month, Melissa Norgard, economic development director, said.

"They are going to initially hire around 20 people and hope to start operations late January or February," Norgard said. "It's a super-exciting opportunity."

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