Mondelez Invests $130M to Modernize NA Supply Chain
Mondelez International announces an investment of more than $130 million in its North American biscuits business, as the company continues to modernize its manufacturing assets and processes and create a global best-in-class integrated supply chain. This investment will fund the installation of four state-of-the-art manufacturing lines - "Lines of the Future" - at the company's Americas production facility in Salinas, Mexico, which opened late last year. This investment in these Lines of the Future will be completed by mid-2016 and will replace nine older, inefficient manufacturing lines at its Chicago biscuit plant.
Today's announcement builds on the company's earlier manufacturing investments of more than $170 million in manufacturing lines at its U.S. biscuit plants in Fair Lawn, N.J., Naperville, Ill. and Richmond, Va., as well as additional investments in recent years in technologies and capabilities within its North American supply chain.
The new investment is part of an ongoing supply chain reinvention plan, as the company implements several initiatives around the world to transform its global manufacturing processes to accelerate growth, reduce costs and improve productivity.
This announcement follows a process that began in early April, involving discussions with employees' union representatives from the Chicago plant as well as company due diligence to select between Salinas and Chicago, the two locations which were considered for this investment.
The Chicago plant will continue to be an important part of the company's North American biscuit footprint, however the new investment will affect approximately 600 positions in Chicago. The Chicago plant will continue to be one of Mondelez International's largest North American manufacturing facilities in terms of headcount, and the company plans to continue to invest in capabilities, technologies and infrastructure upgrades at this facility.
Today's announcement builds on the company's earlier manufacturing investments of more than $170 million in manufacturing lines at its U.S. biscuit plants in Fair Lawn, N.J., Naperville, Ill. and Richmond, Va., as well as additional investments in recent years in technologies and capabilities within its North American supply chain.
The new investment is part of an ongoing supply chain reinvention plan, as the company implements several initiatives around the world to transform its global manufacturing processes to accelerate growth, reduce costs and improve productivity.
This announcement follows a process that began in early April, involving discussions with employees' union representatives from the Chicago plant as well as company due diligence to select between Salinas and Chicago, the two locations which were considered for this investment.
The Chicago plant will continue to be an important part of the company's North American biscuit footprint, however the new investment will affect approximately 600 positions in Chicago. The Chicago plant will continue to be one of Mondelez International's largest North American manufacturing facilities in terms of headcount, and the company plans to continue to invest in capabilities, technologies and infrastructure upgrades at this facility.