Simmons Pet Foods Ramps Up $40 Million Expansions in Kansas, Arkansas

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Simmons Pet Foods (Siloam Springs, Arkansas) is finalizing construction permits and awaiting ground breaking on expansion projects for a dry pet food facility in Decatur, Arkansas, and a canning operation in Emporia, Kansas. Total investment in the projects is just less than $40 million.

The Emporia plant project includes construction of an additional canning line, which will increase its processing capacity to 240 million cans per year. The Decatur plant project will add 45,000 square feet to the site and includes an additional extruder line to expand dry-food production capabilities.

Construction on both projects is anticipated to begin no later than this June. Broadway Contracting (Siloam Springs) is the general contractor for the dry-food plant expansion in Decatur, and Evergreen Design Build (Emporia) is the design builder for the Emporia canning plant expansion.

The Decatur expansion involves a 300-foot by 150-foot production building addition, and the Emporia expansion involves a two-story cooler and maintenance shop addition, with major renovations to existing processing areas.

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