Sales Growth Spurs Multimillion-Dollar Investment in a New Plant For Federal Mfg
Nov 07, 2013A groundbreaking ceremony is planned at the RidgeView Corporate Park, Pewaukee, Wisconsin, for the new 78,000-square-foot facility
Milwaukee, WI - Due to expanding sales and the need for additional manufacturing and office space, Federal Mfg.’s parent company ProMach is making a multimillion-dollar investment in a new facility for Federal. A groundbreaking ceremony for the new 78,000-square-foot building will be held on Tuesday, November 12 at 11:00am at the RidgeView Corporate Park, Pewaukee, Wisconsin. The building will be completed during the summer of 2014.
For the past 65 years, Federal has been designing and manufacturing liquid filling and capping machines for the dairy, juice, specialty drink, chemical, coatings, and pharmaceutical industries from their offices in Milwaukee. The company is the largest supplier of dairy filling equipment in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world. Federal anticipates increasing headcount by 10% over the next eighteen months.
“It is bittersweet to be leaving our facility here in the Walker’s Point neighborhood,” said Frank Johanek, Vice President and General Manager, Federal Mfg. “We simply need more space to accommodate national and international sales growth - a state-of-the-art space that supports 21st century manufacturing technology and practices. We’re pleased that we’re staying close to the area and community where it all started for us.”
Federal Mfg. was acquired in 2012 by ProMach, one of the largest integrated packaging machinery companies in the United States. Based near Cincinnati, ProMach has a portfolio of over 20 leading packaging equipment brands. An important part of ProMach’s growth strategy is acquiring well-run companies and making additional investments to help those companies continue to expand in the highly competitive global market for packaging machinery.
“One of the things we identified during our early discussions with Federal was that the business needed more and newer space for manufacturing,” said Mark Anderson, President and CEO of ProMach. “We are proud to be moving forward with Federal’s growth plan and making a significant investment in the greater Milwaukee metropolitan area and supporting local job growth.”
Roughly 85 percent of the building will be utilized for manufacturing with the remaining 15 percent designated as office space. Kevin Barry, from Cassidy Turley Barry, Milwaukee, is responsible for brokering the deal and also handling real estate matters. Design and construction services are being provided respectively by Eppstein Uhen Architects, Milwaukee, and Berghammer Construction Corporation, Butler, Wisconsin. Interstate Partners LLC, Waukesha, Wisconsin, and Zilber Property Group, Milwaukee, are the site developers. The Oberhofer Group, Milwaukee, has been retained by Federal to coordinate the relocation.
For more information about Federal’s sanitary, rugged, and long-lived filling and capping solutions, call 414-384-3200 and visit www.FederalMfg.com.
About Federal
Federal designs, manufactures, and supports complete rotary and inline net weight filling systems for free-flowing liquids. We serve a variety of markets including food and beverage applications such as edible oils, sauces, nutritional drinks, and protein supplements, as well as other high-value retail applications including automotive lubricants and additives, household cleaners and disinfectants, personal care products, agricultural chemicals, paints, and more. Federal’s net weight filling technology is ideal for applications needing exact dosing, with non-contact filling accuracy of ± 0.1% to minimize the giveaway of valuable products. For more than 70 years, Federal fillers have been recognized worldwide for dependable performance in demanding production environments as well as for an overall low total cost of ownership.
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