Plant Openings & Expansions: March 2021
There is a huge expansion in the US with the establishing of new pet food plants of several well known brands………
Nestlé Purina will build a 1.2 million sq.-ft. (111.500m2) pet food production facility near Cincinnati, creating 300 jobs. The $550 million facility will be the first completely new Purina plant built from scratch since 1975, and is expected to be complete by 2024.
CJ Foods USA Inc., a U.S.-based affiliate of South Korean global lifestyle company CJ CheilJedang, is building a 700,000-sq.-ft.(65.000 m2) facility in Sioux Falls, S.D. The plant will include state-of-the-art production lines for Asian-style foods and a warehouse/DC, which will create more than 600 jobs by 2025. All products will be sold and distributed by CJ Foods and Schwan’s Co., a fellow U.S.-based affiliate of CJ Foods.
Mars Petcare plans to invest $145 million to expand its wet pet food operation in Fort Smith, Ark., creating 120 jobs. The expansion will be complete in 2022 and add 200,000 sq.-ft (18.500m2)., allowing space for two production lines and room to expand further.
Greenleaf Foods (part of Maple Leaf Foods) is purchasing a 118,000-sq.-ft. (11.000m2) facility in Indianapolis, where the company will install tempeh production equipment. The project, which will cost about $100 million, will become operational in 2022, employing around 115 people.
Source: Food Engineering