Westrock Coffee Company has broken ground on its new roasting to ready-to-drink (RTD) facility in Conway, US, with an aim to cement its presence in Arkansas.

The new roasting to ready-to-drink packaging facility will develop, produce, and distribute the company’s coffee, tea, and RTD products. These include ready-to-drink cans, multi-serve plastic bottles, glass bottles, and bag-in-box solutions.

Scott Ford — Westrock Coffee CEO and Co-founder said: “We are thrilled to start the renovations of Westrock Coffee’s largest production facility.

“As an industry leader, Westrock Coffee provides beverage solutions to the most distinguished brands around the world, and this new facility enables us to further our ability to deliver the most innovative solutions to our customers in a variety of formats.”

Spanning over 524,000 square feet, the Conway RTD facility will also feature a product development lab, which will target making, testing, and manufacturing new beverage solutions.

Nabholz Construction, a multi-service contractor, has been hired for the construction of the new RTD plant.

Charles Nabholz — Nabholz Chairman Emeritus said: “Nabholz is proud to partner with Westrock Coffee on this important project that will bring new employment opportunities to the region.

“We look forward to the road ahead and bringing this new facility to life.”

The Conway RTD facility is one of eight global Westrock Coffee locations and offers tea, coffee, flavors, extracts, ingredients solutions obtained from 35 origins across the globe.

Westrock Coffee has corporate offices in Little Rock and a production facility in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

Currently, the coffee company provides more than 20 million cups of coffee per day and offers coffee and tea to foodservice in the US.

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