Mars Petcare bolsters its Verden production plant

The pet food manufacturer Mars Petcare believes its plant in Verden, North Germany, is optimally equipped to face the competition in the pet food market. At the start of the year, the company commissioned a new production line for single-serve pouches at the facility. In the last nine months € 17.4 mio has been invested in expanding the plant. With new filling machines, high-bay systems and a new packing line, the plant will increase its capacity further in the future. “We are increasing our annual volume to over 50 000 tonnes in the single-serve portion segment. That is an increase of 50 per cent,” says Manfred Goetjes, production director at Mars Petcare. “We are thus responding to customers’ wishes, as demand for single-serve packs is rising steadily.”