Kepak, the owner of the Rustlers brand, has announced plans for a £5.5m investment at its Merthyr site in Wales to help meet rising demand for its products.
The investment will enhance the Merthyr site’s CPM (Central Prepared Meats) packaging facility. It will also bring in new technologies to support the increased demand, including some that will enhance the company’s sustainability credentials.
The development follows the plant’s securing of access to the US market and will additionally lead to an increase in the site’s livestock requirements from local farmers.
The investment will result in over 100 new jobs at Kepak Merthyr, which currently employs more than 850 people, with roles being created across manufacturing, operations, IT, engineering, and technical.
“We are very pleased to be investing in our Merthyr plant, which is a strategically important site for Kepak,” said CEO Simon Walker.
“As a growing food business, Kepak is committed to continually investing in its sites to ensure we are optimising the work we do through innovative methods. The enhancements that will be made to our Merthyr plant will not only help us to achieve greater capacity, but to importantly grow the number of colleagues we employ at the site and support local farmers with a significant uplift in demand for livestock.”
