Castle Co-Packers, a bottling plant in New Kensington, has shifted its focus to higher value organic beverages like exotic bottled teas brewed from leaves (rather than powder).  This shift coincides with Castle Co-Packers' rapid growth over the past three years.  To read the full article on Pop City, please click here.

Since Brian Dworkin, President of Castle Co-Packers, took over the plant with help from CL Fund's financing, the company has more than tripled its growth and hired an additional 87 employees.  It currently rolls out 1 million cases per month, and projects $20 million in sales by year end.

Lending credibility to Castle Co-Packer's growth and extensive expertise was a recent event hosted at the bottling plant.  Mark Recchi, former Pittsburgh Penguin standout and currently the co-captain of the Atlanta Thrashers, promoted the launch of BC Beverages' new sports drink -- TuffGuyz -- at Castle Co-Packers, where the sports drink will be produced and bottled.  The event included autographs with Recchi, a tour of the plant, and taste-testing of the new beverage.