Austrian packaging supplier Alpla Inc. has opened an bottle extrusion blowmolding (EBM) plant in Raeford, NC as part of its continuing model of collocating manufacturing sites with brand owners for inline container filling. The facility, which has an estimated cost of $7.2 million according to North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue’s press office, is expected to create 40 jobs over the next three years, with workers manufacturing bottles for Unilever shampoos, conditioners, and body washes.