The plastics industry has found a home and it's called Greater Hazleton. Just look at the many companies that have found the workforce, infrastructure and location that appeal to today's high-tech plastics companies...

Company	Industry	Park/City
Bemis Co. Inc.,	Plastics materials - extrusion and printing	Valmont
Fabri-Kal Corp.	Plastic packaging products	Valmont
KAMA Extrusions	Polystyrene plastics	Hazleton
Genova Pennsylvania	Plastic piping for rain gutters, fencing	Humboldt
Graham Packaging	Plastic containers for food	Valmont
Graham Packaging	Plastics bottling	Humboldt
Pretium Packaging	Plastic bottles and jars	Humboldt
EAM-Mosca Corp.	Plastic strapping	Valmont
Concord Plastics	Plastic extrusion	Valmont
Grief Brothers Corporation	Plastic packaging products	Valmont
Plastinetics	Plastic fabrication	Humboldt

Food processing is becoming a trend for Hazleton.  Everything from Hershey chocolates to General Mills & Stroehmann bakery goods to cocoa and beverage processing as well as beef and pork processing.

Greater Hazleton has all of the special ingredients needed to make it an ideal location for the food processing industry... climate, air quality, fresh water, abudant workforce, rail service and highway access for ease of distribution. Just as all these companies that manufacture or package food products in our industrial parks.

Company	Type of Company	Park
Archer Daniels Midland	Cocoa processing facility	Humboldt
Cargill Meat Solutions	Retail meat processing facility	Humboldt
General Mills	Mfg. frozen bakery products	Humboldt
George Weston Bakeries	Cake manufacturer	Humboldt
Gonnella Frozen Products, Inc.	Mfg. of dough for in-store bakeries	Humboldt
Hershey Foods	Molded chocolate products	Humboldt
Stroehmann Bakeries	Bakery food products	Valmont
The Coca Cola Company	Mfg. of beverages	Humboldt

If you need to reach one of the largest markets in the world, start in Greater Hazleton... within 500 miles of half the total population of the United States.

Interstates 80 and 81 carve right through Greater Hazleton, making it easy to reach out in every direction, usually within one day's drive of your target market.

Many rail-served sites in CAN DO's industrial parks make it easy to reach rail-served customers. Nearby ports in Philadelphia, Newark and New York enable affordable access to far-off and overseas ports of call.

Company	Size	Park/City
Karchner Logistics	901,043 SF - 5 buildings	Humboldt and Valmont
Michael's Handcrafts	838,080 SF - 2 buildings	Humboldt
OfficeMax	615,000 SF	Humboldt
Romark Logistics	526,000 SF	Humboldt
NBTY, Inc.	413,000 SF	Humboldt
Bradley Caldwell	335,000 SF - 2 buildings	Valmont
Penske Logistics	270,193 SF	Humboldt
E&B Giftware	253,440 SF	Humboldt
Econoco	209,000 SF	Humboldt
Forbo Linoleum	167,000 SF	Humboldt

In today's wired world, it is easier than ever to locate customer support and call centers anywhere in the world.

Greater Hazleton's talented workforce meets the needs of these increasingly high-tech positions.

Network Solutions - the global internet firm - located a customer support center in the CAN DO Corporate Center and has expanded their operations since. Drawing from our regional pool of workers, they have had no problem meeting the demands of their high-tech jobs.

For information on locating your customer support or call center in Greater Hazleton, contact CAN DO today.

Customer Support & Call Centers in Hazleton

Company	Location
Pets United	Hazleton
Network Solutions	Drums
Hilton Reservations Worldwide	Hazleton
PPL Solutions	Hazleton
Fairfield Resort	Hazleton
Eagle Rock Resort c/o Double Diamond Companies	Hazleton

Customer Support & Call Centers in NEPA

Company	Location
Quad Three Group	Lack/Luzerne
Bank of America	Lackawanna
CIGNA HealthCare	Lackawanna
Dial America Marketing	Lackawanna
Diversified Information Technologies	Lackawanna
Donnelly Directory	Lackawanna
Geisinger Health System	Lackawanna
Highland Associates	Lackawanna
Internal Audit Bureau	Lackawanna
JCPenny Catalog Customer Service	Lackawanna
Kemper Enterprise Group	Lackawanna
Menlo Worldwide, Inc.	Lackawanna
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.	Lackawanna
Paper Magic Group	Lackawanna
Prudential Investments	Lackawanna
Thompson Education Direct	Lackawanna
TMG Health	Lackawanna
Unitrin	Lackawanna
ALLTEL	Luzerne
Altria Group, Inc.	Luzerne
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of NEPA	Luzerne
Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises	Luzerne
Creditek	Luzerne
Guard Insurance Group	Luzerne
Hilton Reservations Worldwide	Luzerne
Network Solutions	Luzerne
Penn Millers Insurance Co.	Luzerne
RCN Corporation	Luzerne
Sallie Mae	Luzerne
Telerx	Luzerne
Travelocity.com	Luzerne
U.S. Social Security Data Center	Luzerne
PNC Bank	Region
Verizon	Region
Highlights for Children Magazine	Wayne