FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 3, 2009
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Nestlé Launches State-of-the-Art Factory and Beverage Distribution Center in Anderson, Indiana
Environmentally Friendly Facility, Product Reformulation Improves Nutritional Value for Consumers
Anderson, Indiana, March 4, 2009 – Nestlé today launched its largest ready-to-drink aseptic products factory in the world in Anderson, Indiana, with production dedicated to meet growing U.S. consumer demand for Nestlé Nesquik Ready-to-Drink and Nestlé Coffee-mate Liquid products.
As the world’s foremost nutrition, health and wellness company, Nestlé continually works to rejuvenate its product line to improve nutritional values and meet the demands of consumers around the world. The aseptic reformulation of the two products has effectively reduced their sugar content.
“Our Anderson facility gives us a unique platform to leverage our nutrition, health and wellness strategy in the United States. It will allow us to create and develop new and innovative ranges of healthy and nutritious beverage products and bring them to market,” said Nestlé CEO Paul Bulcke. “We’ve made our products better for the consumers, and with this facility, better for the environment.”
The Anderson factory has applied for LEED certification, meaning the facility meets a suite of standards for environmentally sustainable construction as determined by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). It also has improved recyclability of resin packaging, a wastewater recovery system for reuse in cooling towers, and uses low-emission natural gas boilers.
“In a span of five years, Nestlé will have invested $529 million in this facility,” said Nestlé USA Chairman & CEO Brad Alford. “When it’s finished in 2011, the Anderson facility will have created more than 500 local jobs in a tough economy. This is our fourth investment in Indiana in the past two years — twice in Anderson, once in Greenwood and once in Fort Wayne.”
Between August 2006 and June 2008, Nestlé invested $359 million to construct an 880,000 square-foot factory, bringing over 400 jobs to Anderson. This is Nestlé’s largest single capital investment in its history. Last August, the company announced it would invest $170 million to expand the facility to more than one million square feet by 2011, while adding more jobs in the process.
About Nestlé USA
Named one of “America’s Most Admired Food Companies” in Fortune magazine for the twelfth consecutive year, Nestlé USA provides quality brands and products that bring flavor to life every day. From nutritious meals with LEAN CUISINE® to baking traditions with NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE®, Nestlé USA makes delicious, convenient, and nutritious food and beverage products that enrich the very experience of life itself. That’s what “Nestlé. Good Food, Good Life” is all about. Well-known Nestlé brands include: NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE®, NESTLÉ® NESQUIK®, NESTLÉ® COFFEE-MATE®, STOUFFER’S®, LEAN CUISINE®, HOT POCKETS® and LEAN POCKETS® brand sandwiches, NESCAFÉ®, NESCAFÉ® TASTER’S CHOICE®, NESTLÉ® JUICY JUICE®, BUITONI®, DREYER’S/EDY’S®, NESTLÉ® CRUNCH®, NESTLÉ® BUTTERFINGER®, and WONKA®. Nestlé USA, with 2008 sales of $10 billion is part of Nestlé S.A. in Vevey, Switzerland — the largest food company in the world with a focus on Nutrition, Health & Wellness — with 2008 sales of $101 billion.
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