Carl Buddig acquires new facility in Illinois, US

US-based meat products producer Carl Buddig and Company (Carl Buddig) has acquired an additional manufacturing facility in Montgomery, Illinois, to meet the growing demand from its customers.

The new 280,000ft² facility will be the company’s fourth manufacturing site in the state, which will begin its operations later this year.

Carl Buddig CEO Bob Buddig said: “Expanding our manufacturing footprint to relieve pressure from current facilities and add capacity to address growing production demands from our customers has been a #1 priority for the company.

“When the Montgomery facility became available, we jumped on the opportunity immediately.

“The new plant enables the company to significantly expand production of existing products and new products to be developed in the future.”

With the acquisition of the new facility, Carl Buddig intends to expand its Illinois-based workforce to more than 1,800 employees.

Carl Buddig chief operating officer Dan Wynn said: “It is also important to note the expansion will create an additional 250 to 300 jobs in the coming year.

“We are not simply transferring jobs from our current facilities. We are creating new jobs to accommodate growth and work more efficiently.

“Buddig’s Corporate office will remain in Homewood, IL, and production will continue in all of the South Holland, IL, facilities.”

Last June, Carl Buddig purchased Rupari Food Services in a bankruptcy sale and saved jobs of 200 employees working at this company.