With $100 million in facility-specific investment and 200 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.
View full methodology →The chemicals & materials context.
Chemicals and materials manufacturing spans a wide range of essential U.S. production — from petrochemicals, polymers, and industrial gases to fertilizers, specialty chemicals, and advanced materials such as recycled aluminum, rare-earth magnets, and composites. Projects in this category represent multi-billion-dollar capital programs and long-lived industrial infrastructure that supply nearly every other sector of manufacturing.
At a glance
- Company
- Hotpack
- Industry
- Chemicals & Materials
- Location
- Edison, New Jersey
- Investment
- $100.0M
- Permanent jobs announced
- 200
- Status
- Planning
- Announced
- May 2, 2025
- Opening timeline
- Previously expected June 2025; no current opening schedule
- Added to tracker
- Aug 14, 2026
Official references
- New Jersey economic-development announcement https://choosenj.com/news/hotpack-to-invest-100-million-in-its-first-north-american-manufacturing-facility-in-edison-new-jersey/
- Original company announcement https://www.hotpackglobal.com/news-details/hotpack-to-invest-100m-in-its-first-us-manufacturing-facility-in-new-jersey/
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