Rehrig International Rolls Into Chesterfield

Rehrig International, Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of plastic shopping carts and wheeled, non-powered material handling equipment, will construct a new, 315,000 square feet manufacturing facility in the James River Industrial Center which is located in Chesterfield County. The company is a subsidiary of Cravey, Green & Wahlen, Inc. of Atlanta and is currently operating in Richmond. All of their 450 employees will relocate to the new, expanded facility.

Rehrig was founded in 1975 and began producing shopping carts and material handling equipment in the City of Richmond in 1975. The quality of their shopping cart products is known globally, and the company currently has sales worldwide in the supermarket industries.

The development team selected for this project include Panattoni Development, DPR Construction and Rose Architects.
The James River Industrial Center in Chesterfield County was chosen by Rehrig because of its convenient location, rail access, expandability and Enterprise Zone status.

According to Matthew Coyle, Project Manager, “Rehrig is excited about our opportunity in Chesterfield County. We have been a successful company in Virginia for many years and look forward to a long relationship. Without the help and support of the community and many of the local officials, Rehrig would be unable to accomplish this undertaking.”
He also added, “With this new facility, Rehrig will be able to double our current capacity.”

The company was assisted in their site location efforts by the Chesterfield Department of Economic Development.