C&D Meals, the pet meals division of ABP Meals Group, will make investments €48 million (US$52.3 million) into its flagship facility at Edgeworthstown, Longford, Eire.
In accordance with the corporate, the funding, which incorporates the creation of 100 new roles in engineering, operations, provide chain and high quality assurance, will improve the positioning’s manufacturing capability by 25%.
The funding, which is supported by Enterprise Eire, will lead to an extension of the constructing together with the creation of extra state-of-the-art automated multi-packing and pouch filling strains utilizing essentially the most sustainable improvements accessible.
C&D mentioned this newest funding at Edgeworthstown brings the whole invested by ABP on the plant to €118 million since 2006. That is along with a major funding by ABP in C&D websites throughout Europe together with manufacturing amenities within the UK, France, Holland, Denmark and Austria.
“That is an thrilling and vital step ahead for our enterprise,” mentioned Colm Dore, managing director, C&D Meals. “We’re seeing a development throughout Europe the place customers are favoring pouched pet meals for smaller companion animals, and we’re in prime place to proceed to capitalize on the rising demand for most of these merchandise.
The funding may even enable the corporate to proceed to satisfy rising demand for pet meals, mentioned Dore. The corporate mentioned by way of progress, in 2023, one in 4 households throughout Europe personal both a cat or a canine, with over 231 million of those pets now dwelling in Europe.
“This funding will allow the corporate to take care of its place on the forefront of the pet meals market whereas additionally resulting in the creation of recent excessive expert jobs and optimistic financial improvement in our local people,” added Dore.
In accordance with Petfood Business’s High Corporations Present Information, C&D Meals is among the many main European producers of private-label pet meals, producing upward of 675,000 metric tons per 12 months in a spread of codecs.
In 2021 C&D introduced a €60 million contract with Donegal-based packaging firm ProAmpac in Gweedore. ProAmpac is now a strategic provider of pet meals pouches for C&D operations throughout Europe. Each events are at the moment engaged on the event of extra sustainable pet meals pouch packaging together with recyclable choices.
