Plans are in place to bring another manufacturing company to Galesburg, supplying many well-paying jobs to the community.

The Galesburg City Council on Monday will consider a $200,000 grant for Moline-based company FCA Packaging LLC to take over the location formally home to Phoenix Industries LLC at 1200 Monmouth Boulevard.

FCA, founded in 1985, provides custom industrial packaging solutions and builds custom boxes, crates, skids, and pallets out of wood, corrugated cardboard, plastics, foam, and metal.

Ken Springer, President of the Knox County Area Partnership for Economic Development, tells WGIL that the company plans to hire 100 workers by September 2024.

These jobs must pay 125% of Galesburg’s per capita wage according to the guidelines of the grant program.

“We’re really excited about this project coming to Galesburg,” Springer said in a Thursday interview. “The company is going to request the use of what’s called the ‘Major Project Grant’ program, which is an economic incentive created back in 2019. And, what it provides is provides $2,000 per job for the company, which will help that project pencil out here in Galesburg.”

Springer says the company projects to invest over $2,000,000 into the facility.

The location is 85,000 square feet and will be used by FCA as a Regional Manufacturing Center. Repairs will be made to the building and a large investment in lumber processing equipment, according to council documents.

FCA Manufacturing has 35 locations throughout 17 states and delivers its products to over 100 locations in both the United States and Mexico.