Koch Foods has announced an investment of $220 million to expand their Fairfield, OH. plant. Located approximately 25 miles north of Cincinnati, the facility will be expanded by 400,000 square feet and will add 400 positions within three years of completion scheduled for December 2022. Buildings and installations will cost $140 million with an additional $80 million for equipment including two new processing lines.
The decision to expand the existing facility was based on a number of factors including central location to markets, use of common installations and also by significant tax concessions, including a proposed ten-year 75 percent property rate incentive. The Fairfield City Council will spend an additional $1.5 million on improvements to water and sewer installations. Koch Foods is the largest employer in Fairfield with close to 1,200 full-time employees working at the plant