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$145M investment expands Arkansas pet food facility
The addition will create 120 full-time jobs in Fort Smith, Ark., Mars Petcare says
January 26, 2021
From left: Curtis Ralston, Fort Smith regional chamber of commerce board chair; Mike Preston, Arkansas secretary of commerce; Michael Poffinbarger, Mars Petcare Site Director; Asa Hutchinson, governor of Arkansas; and George McGill, mayor of Fort Smith.
Photo by James Shelly/J. Shelly Photography
A pet food manufacturing site in Arkansas is expected to see an upswing in production, thanks to a sizable investment.
Mars Petcare announced it will spend $145 million to grow its Fort Smith, Ark., site. The funds, which will add two new production lines to the facility and increase its footprint by more than 200,000 sf, is expected to create 120 full-time jobs and increase production capacity by more than 40 percent, the company says.