A $50 million metal recycling plant is headed to south Mission, a location Mexican investors say offers a strategic advantage near the Anzalduas International Bridge.
Maurico Osorio, founder and president of Century Recycling, announced a new 98,000 square-foot facility at 300 Trinity Street in south Mission. The project is expected to generate about 70 jobs with a payroll of over $8 million annually.
Osorio’s wife and co-owner of Century Recycling, Gabriela Garcia, was instrumental in getting the project to the citrus city.
“Originally, we thought about building this in Reynosa,” Garcia said. “But we bought a home here in Mission about three years ago, and I love it here. We just fell in love with the whole area.”
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Alma Santos
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Alma Santos is a RGV native and a freelance writer for RGV Business Journal. Since the 90s, Alma has written for Reuters, The Monitor, Progress Times, Valley Town Crier and was a member of the press pool at the state capital in Austin, covering legislative sessions for news of interest to Valley residents.
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