Nestlé Australia has announced a CHF 33 million (AUD 40 million) investment in its Smithtown factory on the New South Wales mid-north coast.
The latest investment includes the construction of new facilities to house state-of-the-art technology, the first of its kind in Australia, the world’s largest food maker said on its website.
Over the last three years, around $53 million has been invested into the factory with a large majority of those funds allocated to bring production of Nescafé Café Menu permanently to Smithtown following an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in South Korea in 2010.
The investment has created nearly 25 full time positions since 2011.
Nestlé Australia’s Business Executive Manager – Beverages, Evan Gongolidis, said the expansion had seen the creation of a permanent home for Nescafé Café Menu.
“The decision to create this substantial investment and a long term vision for our business in Smithtown is a tribute to the region, its residents and the local economy,” he said. “Smithtown has proved to be a wonderful home for us to produce iconic products such as MILO that have been enjoyed in the homes of generations of Australians."
The factory has been operating at Smithtown since 1921 and is the birthplace of MILO, the iconic milk drink that was invented 80 years ago and has been produced at the factory ever since. The factory also manufactures Nesquik Nestlé Malted Milk.
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