(KLZA)-- Falls City area residents first heard about Citroniq, a company that is exploring the possibility of  locating a large facility south of Falls City to produce biogenic polypropylene from corn-based ethanol to create a more sustainable plastics manufacturing platform in the U-S in November of 2024.

EDGE Executive Director Lucas Froeschl said steps to bring the facility to the area are currently underway and that he has heard nothing to lead him to believe the project is not moving forward.

Froeschl says the timeline for the facility to be in production remains the same as originally laid out.  2026 will be a year of planning and organizing the company with plans to begin construction of the facility to be located south of Falls City in 2027 and be in production in 2029.

Citroniq announced in 2025 that the company has entered into a supply agreement with ABB to provide advanced automation, electrification and digitalization solutions for the facility in Falls City.