CANASTOTA — The Village of Canastota will use a nearly $1.7 million Restore NY grant to help pay for the construction of a facility that will be the new home for Dutchland Plastics’ New York operations. “We are very excited to welcome Dutchland Plastics to the Village of Canastota. This Restore NY project is a […]
CANASTOTA — The Village of Canastota will use a nearly $1.7 million Restore NY grant to help pay for the construction of a facility that will be the new home for Dutchland Plastics’ New York operations.
“We are very excited to welcome Dutchland Plastics to the Village of Canastota. This Restore NY project is a great example of remediating and revitalizing an abandoned industrial site and bringing it back to life as a value-added economic property in our community,” Carla DeShaw, mayor of the Village of Canastota, said in a news release that the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued Jan. 22.
The expansion will facilitate the creation of at least 42 new full-time jobs over the next two years in addition to the 23 positions that will be retained. The state expects construction on the new facility to finish by the end of 2019.
In order to encourage Oostburg, Wisconsin–based Dutchland Plastics to expand in Central New York, Empire State Development (ESD) has offered up to $475,000 in performance-based tax credits through its Excelsior Jobs program, which are tied to job-creation commitments, Cuomo’s office said.
Additionally, ESD has reallocated a nearly $1.7 million Restore NY grant to the Village of Canastota that will assist with construction of the new building.
The company will invest $2.6 million for capital equipment and to customize the new facility, which will sit along the Erie Canal, Cuomo’s office said.
Dutchland is the third largest contract rotational molder in the U.S., Cuomo’s office said. It described the firm as “country’s leading contract plastics rotomolded product manufacturer.”
“We are very excited about this expansion,” Randy Herman, CEO of Dutchland Plastics, said in Cuomo’s release. “This is a tremendous opportunity and I want to thank Gov. Cuomo, Madison County Industrial Development Agency Executive Director Kipp Hicks, and especially Canastota Mayor Carla DeShaw, who will be assigning resources to help the company recruit and train requisite new hires from the local community.”
As a custom plastics-products manufacturer, Dutchland Plastics services recreational, commercial, outdoor, food and beverage, furniture, and marine industries. The company manufactures products like Yeti coolers and NuCanoe boats, according to Cuomo’s office.
