Mead Johnson adds powder plant
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The pediatric nutrition firm will ramp up powdered formula production with a 32,000 square foot facility in Evansville, Ind. Mead Johnson will add the $32.8 million powder blending and packaging facility to its existing global operations center in Evansville, which traditionally produced liquid products. Slated to begin production in late 2010, the Evansville plant will supplement the company's current powder production at its Zeeland, Mich., facility, Mead Johnson said Sept. 21. Mead Johnson Nutrition spun off from Bristol Myers-Squibb in February and moved to new corporate headquarters in Glenview, Ill., in May (1"The Tan Sheet" Feb. 16, 2009)