Pepsi Bottling Group's bottling, distribution and sales facility in Wytheville, VA, serves Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Wayne Farms LLC plans to invest $55 million to build a 100,000-sq. ft. further-processing facility in Decatur, AL. When complete in the spring of 2006, the plant will support two fully-cooked production lines. The company expects to add four additional production lines in the future.

Owens-Illinois broke ground on a new glass container manufacturing plant in Weld Country, CO. It is expected to create 150 jobs and open in the summer of 2005. The plant will serve as the primary supplier to the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Fort Collins, CO.