Tailored from a press launch.
Pet food producers Butternut Field and PsiBufet have appointed CTP, a European developer and supervisor of commercial properties, to construct a specialised facility to supply recent and wholesome pet food for distribution throughout continental Europe.
The brand new facility is being developed at CTPark Zabrze, Poland, to supply recent and wholesome meals for canine. Located within the Katowice Particular Financial Zone, the manufacturing facility will cowl an space of almost 40,000 sq. meters (431,000 sq. ft) and can make use of a number of hundred folks. PsiBufet and Butternut Field plan to ship the primary meals produced at CTPark Zabrze by mid-2025.
“Our meals are made right this moment in Rudie’s Kitchen in Doncaster, UK, one of the vital trendy pet food manufacturing services in Europe,” stated David Nolan, founder and CEO of Butternut Field. “We’re rising quickly, and one other manufacturing facility is important to satisfy the problem of rising demand.
“Poland is a key marketplace for us, and I’m delighted that it’s changing into a regional hub for the Butternut Field enterprise,” Nolan continued. “Manufacturing at CTPark Zabrze will permit us to ship recent meals even sooner to a whole lot of hundreds of canine in Germany, in addition to different international locations in mainland Europe.”
PsiBufet is a Polish model that gives recent, individually tailor-made meals for canine, delivered on to pets in a D2C mannequin. In 2023, PsiBufet was acquired by UK-based Butternut Field. Based in 2016, Butternut Field is current within the UK and Poland (as PsiBufet), in addition to in Eire, Belgium, the Netherlands and, extra not too long ago, in Germany.
“After selecting Poland as the very best location for the manufacturing plant, Higher Silesia grew to become our favorite,” stated Piotr Wawrysiuk, founding father of PsiBufet. “It’s a massive labor market, filled with extremely expert employees, with a really well-developed infrastructure. CTPark Zabrze, in flip, is positioned in shut proximity to the junction of the A1 and A4 motorways, permitting quick supply to canine from throughout Poland, Germany and different European international locations. The opportunity of receiving public help additionally performed a significant function within the alternative of website for the funding. We additionally obtained assist from the town and your entire area, in addition to irreplaceable industrial recommendation from CTP.”
The development of the manufacturing facility in Poland is feasible because of the funding that Butternut Field secured in 2023. The corporate raised £280 million (PLN 1.4 billion) from the Common Atlantic fund and present investor L Catterton.
