O-I's glass plant in Waco, Texas, USA, has secured a permit to spend another US$8M at the facility on Beverly Drive as it continues to upgrade the plant and improve its ability to control emissions, a spokesman for the company confirmed. "This is the continuation of a multiyear investment in the plant that O-I announced in 2012," said Ryan McCarthy, regional communications specialist. in a press release. "We have been installing equipment to reduce air emissions, as well as continuous emissions monitoring systems, in phases throughout the plant." Once the work is done, O-I will have spent around US$74M to keep beer-bottle production flowing. The plant opened in 1944 and employs around 300 people. Waco City Council and McLennan County Commissioners Court approved an US$ 805,000 in December 2012 through the Waco-McLennan County Economic Development Corp., which is funded jointly by the city and county.
