Nestlé Announces New Product Technology Center Dedicated to Chilled, Frozen Foods
Nestlé S.A. will invest $53 million to establish a new building that will expand the existing Solon, Ohio, R&D facility. The new center will be designated as a global Product Technology Center (PTC), dedicated to frozen and chilled foods research worldwide.
Located on 18 acres in a park-like setting off of Solon's Cannon Road, the glass-faced facility will house offices and labs for approximately 100 scientific, professional and technical staff. The 144,000-square-foot building will also include a pilot plant where new recipes and the latest technologies will be tested and evaluated. Construction is expected to begin this summer; the new facility is expected to be operational late 2014.