Prairie Farms invests $8.7M in Fort Wayne facility
The company plans to build an extension onto its existing manufacturing facility.
Prairie Farms, Carlinville, Ill., announced that an $8.7 million investment in its Fort Wayne, Ind., facility is underway. The expansion will allow the company to add jobs, manufacture new specialty products and expand its distribution footprint in the United States and Central America.
The company plans to build an extension onto its existing manufacturing facility. Construction on the 22,500-square-foot building is expected to begin in April, and be complete within 18 months. It will include a new processing system, storage vessels, packaging lines, equipment to accommodate existing production, a cooler and a dry storage warehouse.