Live5News.com | Charleston, SC | News, Weather, SportsPackaging company expanding, creating 26 jobs in Dorchester Co.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Packaging manufacturer Coastal Corrugated Inc. plans to expand its Dorchester County plant, adding 26 jobs this year.

State and local officials announced Monday that the company will add spend $1.5 million on a 40,000-square-foot expansion that's expected to be completed by December.

The expansion comes after the company secured a contract with automotive supplier Robert Bosch Corp. in Charleston County.

Coastal Corrugated opened in the Charleston area in 1987.

Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.