Pepsi, German firm to open yogurt plant in Batavia
By Matt Surtel msurtel@batavianews.com
BATAVIA — A partnership including PepsiCo and a German dairy business has selected the Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park for a $206 million production facility, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced Friday.
The decision by Wave LLC means 186 new manufacturing and support jobs. It will be the venture’s first yogurt production facility statewide.
“This is the largest manufacturing project that’s come to Batavia and Genesee County since Sylvania committed to building televisions here in 1953,” said President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Hyde of the Genesee County Economic Development Center. “We’re really excited.”
Project Wave will include a 363,000-square-foot food processing facility at the 81-acre site off Route 5 near the county fairgrounds. Site preparation is already under way and Hyde said construction will accelerate dramatically in spring. More...
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