Diageo Bolsters Supply Chain Resiliency With New U.S. Plant
Diageo is expanding its capacity in the United States with plans to open a new manufacturing and warehousing facility in Montgomery, Ala.
The 360,000-square-foot facility, which will employ about 100 full-time people, will have a multimillion case annual production capacity for Diageo’s leading beverage alcohol brands. It marks an effort to build an increasingly resilient and efficient supply network, the company said in a statement.
Diageo is investing about $415 million in the facility, which will provide a new point of operations closer to its beverage distributors in the southern region. It’s expected to reduce required road travel and mitigate carbon emissions associated with logistics operations, said the company.
The warehouse is part of a broader multi-year program across multiple geographies to strengthen Diageo’s global supply chain by improving its resilience and agility, delivering additional productivity savings and making its operations more sustainable, said the company.
The site is expected to be fully operational in the second half of this year.
