The Cargill subsidiary added 100,000 square feet to its southern Cedar Rapids facility, enough space to accommodate up to 10 additional production lines.
Champion Petfoods officially opened its new NorthStar kitchens in Alberta, Canada, spanning 426,000-sq.-ft. and the capacity to produce up to 300 million lbs. of kibble per year.
A recent market survey of processors commissioned by Pet Food Processing revealed a forecast of mostly positive with a chance of challenges for pet food and treat manufacturers.
Increased vigilance, innovation, more reliable technologies and ever-improving QC measures help pet food processors offer a broad range of safer products.
The company said it plans to close two distribution centers and a few smaller storage warehouses in favor of opening a new distribution center in Carlisle.
The most recent census data available provides key financial, economic and business data as a benchmark for US dog and cat food manufacturing businesses between 2012 and 2017.
RSS
