US: Townsends adds 103 jobs to poultry operation

30-09-2009 | |

Gov. Bev Perdue announces that international producer and marketer of poultry products Townsends Inc. will expand in Davie County, with plans to create 103 jobs and invest $700,000 over the next 3 years.

“Food production and economic growth go hand in hand in North Carolina, a tradition underscored by Townsends’ expansion in Mocksville,” Gov. Perdue said. “Companies like this one continue to find success and expand in our state, attracted by our high-quality workforce and business-friendly environment.”

Townsends, a 118-year-old poultry company headquartered in Delaware, supplies value-added chicken products to the domestic and international food service and retail markets. The company has a significant presence in North Carolina with three plants located in Pittsboro, Siler City and Mocksville that employ about 1,500 people.

The Mocksville facility, operating as Crestwood Farms, a division of Townsends, is the core of the company’s expansion into value-added chicken products and key to its strategic growth.  The company plans to add a production line of fully cooked products, increasing its capacity by approx. 25%. Currently, Crestwood Farms employs about 267 workers.

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Kinsley
Natalie Kinsley Freelance journalist





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