CTL Packaging (North Carolina / USA), a subsidiary of Spain’s flexible plastic and laminated tube manufacturer Tuboplast CTL (Vitoria-Gasteiz; www.tuboplastctl.com), is to invest USD 58.5m in locating its North American headquarters in Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina. The producer of packaging products for the cosmetic, personal care, food and pharmaceutical industries says the investment will create over 130 jobs.

Tuboplast CTL claims to be the third largest tube manufacturer in Europe, producing over 500m tubes annually and employing around 700 people worldwide. Its primary manufacturing operations are in Tuboplast Hispania in Vitoria-Gasteiz, in northern Spain, and CTL Packaging in Charmeil / France.