TPG Plastics LLC is expanding the company's fuel container manufacturing operations to Kentucky in a $14 million project. The blow molding company, which currently has operations in Willowbrook, Ill., said the new facility in Murray, Ky., will help with distribution and cut transportation costs for customers in the Southeast. TPG will make gasoline jerrycans for consumer use as well as fuel systems used on products such as leaf blowers and weed whackers, according to Chief Fi

TPG Plastics, which designs and manufactures engineered plastics and blow-molded products, plans to invest $14.3 million to open a facility in Murray, Kentucky. The project is expected to create 75 jobs across the coming years. For its first Kentucky operation, the company will lease the Murray West Spec Building to house the operation. Completed in early 2018 and designed specifically for advanced manufacturing, the 62,000-square-foot building is in the Murray West Industria