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Completed by ARCO National Construction, the facility supports DrinkPAK’s expansion into North Texas and reflects a growing industry trend toward flexible, high-capacity contract beverage manufacturing.

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards recaps some recent plant openings and expansions in the food and beverage industry, including DrinkPAK’s East Coast beverage manufacturing facility, V&V Supremo’s Wisconsin plant, Danone’s Texas facility expansion, Cal-Maine Foods’ optimization and expansion project, and MMPA’s dairy plant acquisition.

AB InBev sold its minority stake to an investor consortium for $3 billion in 2020 to repay debt.

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards recaps some recent plant openings and expansions in the food and beverage industry.

While the facility currently processes more than 10 million bottles per year, the addition of a high-capacity, high-speed, small-format line will bring total capacity above 35 million bottles annually.

DrinkPAK will lease a 1.4 million-sq.-ft., build-to-suit facility on 74.8 acres in the Bellwether District of Philadelphia — serving as the company’s flagship manufacturing facility on the East Coast.

Set to become operational in 2026, the new facility in Kentwood, Michigan will join the beverage co-packer’s existing plant in Hudsonville, Michigan.

Construction began in early 2025 and existing production activities will be progressively transferred beginning in 2026.

The company is making a multimillion-dollar investment in the 200,000-sq.-ft. facility, providing production, logistics and warehouse space, including building one new small-format and two large-format production lines.

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards recaps some recent plant openings, expansions and investments in the food and beverage industry.