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Urbana's Solo Cup churns out 7.4 billion cups, lids a year

By Don Dodson
Sunday September 9, 2007

Heather Coit

From left, Ramiro Rivera, TaQueenus Cook and Rafael Ortega move cup lids at the Solu Cup plant in Urbana.

URBANA – Judging from the product line, the whole world seems to have Solo cups in its hands.

Most folks probably recognize the Solo name from plastic party cups sold at grocery stores and mass retailers. But Solo also makes private-label cups, and even more of its products pop up in the world of food service.

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