Mars Petcare U.S. recently announced its plans to build an $80 million manufacturing facility in Fort Smith, Ark. The 250,000 square foot facility will employ up to 200 associates and produce the company’s popular line of Cesar Canine Cuisine products for small dogs.
“Fort Smith is a great community for our new facility, offering the perfect business combination of a talented workforce, Greenfield location and favorable logistics,” said Doug Cahill, president of Mars Petcare U.S. “Our Cesar brand of Canine gourmet Cuisine has been growing rapidly and in order to meet market demand, we have decided to build this new manufacturing plant, increasing our capacity in the U.S.”
Mars Petcare plans to begin production by April 2009. The manufacturing facility will be state-of- the-art and when fully operational, will double Cesar production.
Mars Petcare U.S. is the U.S. pet care operations of Mars, Inc., one of the world’s leading food manufacturers. Headquartered in Franklin, Tenn., Mars Petcare U.S. employs more than 3,000 associates in the United States, with 29 facilities nationwide.
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