Nestle S A : Purina PetCare Plans New Factory in Ohio
October 26, 2020 at 12:54 pm EDT
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By Stephen Nakrosis
Nestle Purina PetCare on Monday said it will invest $550 million to build a new factory in Williamsburg Township, Ohio, to meet the growing demand for its pet foods.
The company said the new facility will be its 22nd in the U.S., and is its first new factory built from the ground up since 1975.
In September, the company said it will convert a former brewery in Eden, N.C., into a pet food factory.
Nestle Purina Petcare also said that construction of the 1.2 million-square-foot facility in Ohio will begin this fall, adding that the facility is expected to be operational by 2023. By 2024, it said, it will employ over 300 people at the site, including professional staff, production operators, technical staff and engineers.
--Write to Stephen Nakrosis at stephen.nakrosis@wsj.com
Nestlé S.A. is the world's leading agri-food group. Net sales break down by category of products as follows:
- powdered and liquid beverages (26.7%): soluble coffees (Nescafé and Starbucks brands), coffee in capsules (Nespresso), chocolate drinks (Nesquik, Milo, etc.), tea drinks (Nestea), etc.;
- pet food (20.3%): brands such as Purina, Friskies, Felix, etc.;
- pharmaceutical, nutrition and well-being products (16.4%): nutritional supplements (Resource, Boost, Nutren, Optifast, Peptamen brands, etc.), infant and maternal nutrition products (NAN, illuma, Cerelac, Nido, Gerber), ketogenic beverages (BrainXpert), (Nesquick, Fitness, Cheerios, Lion, etc.), etc.;
- ready meals and seasoning products (12.5%): frozen and chilled dishes (Lean Cuisine, Hot Pockets and Stouffer's brands), soups (Maggi), etc.;
- dairy products and ice cream (11.8%): powdered milk, sweetened condensed milk, yoghurt and cream desserts, ice cream (Nido, Nesvita, Carnation, La Laitière, Coffee Mate, Nestlé Ice Cream, Dreyers, Häagen-Dazs, Extrême brands, etc.);
- chocolates, sweets and biscuits (8.7%): Kit Kat, Smarties, Cailler, Terrafertil, etc. brands;
- bottled waters (3.6%): Nestlé Pure Life, Vittel, Perrier, S. Pellegrino, etc. brands.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Switzerland (1.2%), France (3.8%), the United Kingdom (3.8%), Germany (2.4%), Europe (12.8%), the United States and Canada (35%), China (5.9%), Asia and Oceania (21.4%) and Latin America (13.7%).
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