Pittston Co-Packers (PCP), Pittston, Pa., introduced the launch of its first high-volume beverage manufacturing facility, offering full-service co-packing options. The brand new 403,000-square-foot facility meets the wants of right this moment’s main nationwide beverage manufacturers with end-to-end manufacturing capabilities.
Strategically situated for environment friendly East and West Coast distribution, it helps each low- and high-acid product strains for chilly fill and options superior aseptic and PET expertise for cartons, bottles and extra. PCP is provided to supply a broad vary of beverage sorts, together with juices, blended juices, fresh-brewed iced teas, plant- and nut-based milks, protein drinks and electrolyte drinks. The ability is in full compliance with regulatory requirements, guaranteeing an expedited path to manufacturing approval.
Past day-to-day manufacturing, Pittston Co-Packers additionally gives product improvement and commercialization companies, together with R&D help (on-site pilot runs, plant trials, recipe formulation and ingredient sourcing), in-house coordination of graphic design and packaging improvement.
The brand new operation was developed by seasoned trade veterans, together with CEO Christopher J. Reed, founding father of Reed’s Inc. and California Customized Beverage. Becoming a member of him is John P. Holzemer, a seasoned plant operator with greater than 38 years of expertise managing beverage crops, beforehand of fairlife LLC and The Coca-Cola Co.
“Having based a number one beverage model and dealing within the trade for 38 years (and counting), I perceive the distinctive challenges manufacturers of all sizes are dealing with right this moment,” Reed stated in a press release. “At Pittston Co-Packers, we wish to meet manufacturers wherever they’re of their journey and supply them with turnkey, scalable options to speed up their development.”
Pittston is in the midst of contracting 25 million out of their 39 million case capability of annual manufacturing, with a aim of including 20 million extra instances of manufacturing capability by 2027., it says
“If you’re producing at a nationwide scale, there’s no room for shortcuts,” Holzemer stated. “We’ve constructed our facility to satisfy the very best expectations — from compliance to consistency. We’re investing to make this plant a world class facility.”
Pittston Co-Packers at present is servicing a wide range of nationwide beverage manufacturers with capability for extra clients.
