The Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), Box Elder County, and the Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCUtah) are pleased to announce that Procter & Gamble (P&G) will expand its operations in Box Elder County, creating up to 221 jobs in the next 20 years. Capex for the project is estimated at $310,000,000.
 
"This expansion will create hundreds of new high-paying manufacturing jobs in Box Elder County,” said Val Hale, GOED’s executive director. “This is a big win for Utah as we continue to help build our rural counties and create more jobs in these areas.” 
 
Procter & Gamble is a multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. P&G has operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide and currently operates a manufacturing facility in Box Elder County that opened in 2011.
 
“We continue to greatly value our partnership with GOED and Box Elder County,” said Joe Tomon, plant manager of the P&G’s Box Elder facility. “Our expansion is a result of consumer and customer demand, and we couldn’t be more pleased to meet that demand with the excellent workforce of Box Elder County.”
 
The GOED Board has approved a post-performance tax credit not to exceed $4,191,954.
 
"Procter & Gamble continues to be a great employer here in Box Elder County.  We are excited and grateful they have chosen to expand and bring more high-paying jobs to our residents. They are a great asset and partner in our community," said Box Elder County Commissioner Jeff Hadfield.
 
P&G currently sells products in 180 countries with brands like Always, Bounty, Charmin, Crest, Dawn, Downy, Gillette, Head & Shoulders, Olay, Oral-B, Pampers, Pantene, Tide, and Vicks.
 
“Procter & Gamble has been a steady growth agent in Utah. The company started production here in 2011 and invested again in spring 2018, and continues today to expand its state-of-the-art facility,” said Theresa A. Foxley, president and CEO of EDCUtah. “With wages above the county average, these are high-quality manufacturing jobs for Box Elder County.”
 
For more information on Procter & Gamble, visit https://us.pg.com/
 
Mike Flynn, COO, led this project for EDCUtah.

For more information on this or other projects, contact Colby Cooley, vice president of business development, at 801-323-4250, ccooley@edcutah.org.

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