A little over a year after the grand opening of its Hart-well, Ga., pet food plant, Nestle Purina is planning a $550 million expansion of the facility. The expansion will add processing, packaging and warehouse capacity, for a total of $870 million spent on the plant since ground was first broken on the plant in late 2017. With this expansion, Purina now expects to employ up to 370 people at its Hartwell facility by the end of 2025. Purina has been on a growth spurt lately, with new factories in Wil-liamsburg Township, Ohio, and Eden, N.C. Nestle USA is beginning a $100 million expansion in Jonesboro, Ark., to expand production of Hot Pockets. The company told Arkansas Business it will begin construction this month to add 90,000 sq. ft. and another line to the plant, plus hiring about 100 new employees over the next two years.
展开▼
