Nestlé Purina PetCare Offered a progress update on its new dry pet food facility under construction in Williamsburg Township, Ohio.
Announced in 2020, the 1.3 million-square-foot operation — Purina’s first project built from the ground up since 1975 — is equipped with the best innovation and thinking to make production and logistics as streamlined and efficient as possible t can, says the company.
Conveyers were recently installed inside the more than 10-story structure, with more installation, repair and testing equipment on the horizon.Nestlé Purina PetCare
An example of innovation is the automated warehousing system. Conveyors were recently installed inside the more than 10-story structure, with more equipment installation, repairs and testing to come. There are also some digital and automated technologies being incorporated into the production process to protect employees and products.
A signature feature of the new facility is the Manufacturing Experience Center, designed to help educate local leaders, community partners and special guests on Purina’s manufacturing process. The space will be used to help demystify manufacturing and showcase the various skilled trades and digital-focused practices embraced in today’s processes, the company said.
The new facility is expected to produce leading dry dog and cat food brands, including Purina Pro Plan, Purina ONE and Dog Chow.
Purina expects the facility to be fully operational within the next 12 months.
By the numbers
- 23,000 yards or 2,875 truck loads of concrete
- Almost 82,000 total feet of pipe (equivalent to 15 total miles)
- 351,000 tons of rock (equivalent to 14,000 semitruck loads)
- 3,600 geo piers have been installed
- 13,800 tons of structural steel (less than the total combined structural steel in Cincinnati’s tallest building – Great America Tower – and Paycor Stadium, home of the Bengals; total structural steel for those two projects was 14,900 tons)
The new facility was designed with the latest innovation to streamline production and logistics and make operations as efficient as possible.Nestlé Purina PetCare
