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For Greiner Packaging, it wasn't a matter of whether it was going to expand to the U.S., but when. This Austrian-based global packaging powerhouse did so in a big way by opening a 114,000 ft² facility in October 2014 in Pittston Township, Pa. The plant, which can be expanded by another 114,000 ft2, enables Greiner (greiner-gpi.us) to bring to the North American market a wide assortment of plastics packaging made by virtually every process. These include Greiner's novel K3 (for Karton-Kunststoff- Kombination) container, a cardboard-plastic combination. Now in its fifth generation of family ownership, Greiner's roots extend as deep as 1868, when it started out as a cork maker. Some 160 years later, Greiner Packaging has more than 30 facilities in 19 countries around the world. These are primarily in Global Packaging Giant Sets Sights on U.S. Well established in other parts of the world, Greiner Packaging is bringing its wide array of food-packaging technologies to the U.S. market. Greiner's K3 cup is a plastic-cardboard combination used in dairy and other applications. It's typically PP-based, but the company is conducting tests with HDPE. 42 APRIL 2017 Plastics Technology PTonline.com On-Site By Jim Callari, Editorial Director Greiner Packaging • Pittston Township, Pa.