Join us for our March Luncheon!

Why Charleston?

Come learn why one company based in Northern New Jersey chose to expand its operations to Moncks Corner, SC.

Wednesday, March 21st
11:30am - 1:00pm

Hilton Garden Inn
45 Lockwood Drive
Charleston, SC 29401

Member Rate $25
Non-Member Rate $40
Student Rate $15

Jason Blinkoff - Executive Vice President, A&R Bulk-Pak

A&R Bulk-Pak is a 30-year old contract packaging company specializing in the packaging and distribution of plastic pellets for overseas export. In 2015, facing a need to better serve its expanding customer base and handle the coming polyethylene production surge from the Gulf Coast, A&R Bulk-Pak made the decision to expand its packaging operations to the Southeast and chose Berkeley County for that expansion. As part of its first construction phase, the company opened a $10 million state-of-the-art packaging and distribution facility in May 2017, employing 15 people. When all three construction phases are complete, the facility will feature 240,000 square feet of warehouse space with on-site rail storage for 125 railcars, employing 25 people. In their first year of operations in South Carolina, A&R Bulk-Pak shipped out over 1,250 export containers through the Port of Charleston.

Jason Blinkoff, A&R Bulk-Pak’s Executive Vice President, will discuss the reasons for his decision to expand operations to South Carolina, the process of meeting with South Carolina elected officials and municipality leaders (including then Governor Nikki Haley and State Ports Authority President Jim Newsome), and lessons he learned along the way.

A special thank you to our Luncheon Sponsor:

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If you cannot attend, you may transfer your ticket to someone else or contact crewchas@gmail.com to give your ticket as an extra.

Mr. Olson joined Armada Hoffler Properties in 2013. In his role as Development Manager, his efforts are focused mainly on multi million dollar mixed-use projects located in the Greater Baltimore/Washington, D.C., Richmond , VA and Charleston ,SC. Mr. Olson has a Bachelor’s in Marketing and Management from Davis and Elkins College in West Virginia. He currently resides in Virginia Beach, VA with his wife and two children.Mr. Olson joined Armada Hoffler Properties in 2013. In his role as Development Manager, his efforts are focused mainly on multi million dollar mixed-use projects located in the Greater Baltimore/Washington, D.C., Richmond , VA and Charleston ,SC. Mr. Olson has a Bachelor’s in Marketing and Management from Davis and Elkins College in West Virginia. He currently resides in Virginia Beach, VA with his wife and two children.