CEDAR CITY, Utah — There may not be much to see now, but there's definitely a vision for the jobs of the future at the Iron Springs Inland Port in Cedar City, and it's made of plastic.

"Most of your garbage cans that you have picked up at the street side are made out in the rotational molding world.
Some of the big kayaks, big water tanks, most of the big water tanks you see built are during this type of process," explained Joe Brough, owner of Hive Plastics.

Brough is all about plastics. The Utah native ran a plastic business in Box Elder County for decades before retiring to Hurricane a few years ago.

But retirement was not for him.

Now, he's putting the finishing touches on a new plastics venture at the inland port, with the $12 million, 23,300-square-foot facility expected to creat

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