SOPAKCO announced Thursday the opening of a new multi-million dollar food processing and packaging facility in Mullins.
SOPAKCO produces shelf-stable ready to eat meals.
The announcement was made at the Anderson Bank in Mullins.
SOPAKCO has 60 years experience in designing and producing processed foods, and is among the world's three largest producers of meals ready-to-eat (MREs), used by the U.S. military.
The 200,000-square-foot state-of-the-art production facility is dedicated to the design, preparation, and packaging of heat-and-serve meals packaged in microwaveable plastic bowls and trays and flexible retort pouches. The new facility is one of three SOPAKCO operates in South Carolina. Officials say it includes a state-of-the-art research and development lab; test kitchen and pilot plant; automated batch and blending operations;
The plant's staff includes food scientists, process engineers and packaging engineers. When operating at full volume, it will employ more than 80 people.
SOPAKCO now has three production facilities-a second in Mullins and third in Bennettsville, S.C.-as well as warehouses in Mullins, Tennessee and Nevada.
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