Keurig Dr Pepper’s 1.5-million-sq.-ft. production facility and distribution center in Allentown, Pa., has been named the 2021 Food Engineering Plant of the Year.
The facility, which broke ground in June 2019 and came online in early January 2021, consists of an 811,000-sq.-ft. production facility and a 729,000-sq.-ft. regional distribution center. The project was honored for its high level of automation, innovative solutions to meet the company’s aggressive sustainability commitments and future expansion needs, and the nimbleness required to complete such a large project in a short timeframe while overcoming a six-week construction shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.