Niagara Bottling, LLC, announced plans today to open a 377,000-square-foot plant to be erected in LakeView Corporate Park.

Niagara plans to employ 40 people there initially phase, with the number potentially growing to 75 at what will become the 20th U.S. location for the California-based company, the second largest bottled-water manufacturer in the country.

The facility will be up and running by early 2015, according to a joint statement issued by Niagara, Pleasant Prairie, the Kenosha Area Business Alliance, Kenosha County and the Milwaukee 7 Regional Economic Development organization.