BUILDING BLOCKS: Nestlé Purina completes expansion in Jefferson

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ADDRESS: 111 W. Plymouth St., Jefferson, Wisconsin

SIZE: 35,000 square feet added to manufacturing facility

COST: $355 million

START MONTH: Investment was announced in April 2024

COMPLETION: June 2025

OWNER: Nestlé Purina PetCare Company

GENERAL CONTRACTOR: McCarthy

LEAD ARCHITECT: Primarily self-performed by Nestlé Purina.

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Primarily self-performed by Nestlé Purina, with select work contracted to Power Engineers.

PROJECT SIGNIFICANCE: Pet food maker Nestlé Purina announced its Jefferson facility has been completed.

The company added 35,000 square feet of manufacturing space to the facility with a $355 million investment, officials said. The addition will increase wet pet food production by 50%, a previous news release showed.

The company and the state of Wisconsin announced the investment in April 2024. The project would be supported by $1.7 million in performance-based tax credits from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, which are based on how many jobs are created and amount of capital investment.

In the initial project announcement, state officials said expansion will create 100 jobs.

The addition was completed and the new production line started in June 2025, company officials said.