Unilever North America, Rotterdam, N.J., announced plans to expand its Covington, Tenn., facility.
Plans include facility and site improvements for an 11,000-square-foot engine room expansion and a 90,000-square-foot parking lot expansion resulting in an investment of $108.7 million and the addition of 428 new full-time positions over a 4-year period. Upon completion of the project, Unilever expects to have a workforce of nearly 1,000 employees in Covington. Unilever’s expansion of its Covington facility optimizes the positive economic, environmental and social benefits of the facility’s location to sustainably produce ice cream and frozen novelty items.