The second phase of Rich’s plant expansion is supported by National New Markets Fund, LLC, which will invest $17.5 million of its New Markets Tax Credit allocation.
Operating under Sunlit Foods, the company says its Green Food Factory is the largest of its kind in the world.
ESI Group USA, a design, engineering and construction services firm, will build the expansion.
The Chicago facility, which opened in 1939, is the original manufacturing plant of the Blommer group.
The Philadelphia facility produces coffee cream, half & half and other extended shelf-life dairy products.
The Swedish company is eyeing a U.S. launch in 2025.