Kellogg's cereal factory set to create 130 jobs

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BBC An exterior presumption    of the Kellogg's mill  successful  Wrexham, wherever  the motion   and fencing is visibleBBC

Kellogg's has had a mill successful Wrexham since the 1970s

Kellogg's has said it volition make 130 jobs astatine Europe's "largest cereal factory" successful northbound Wales.

Kellanova, the institution which manufactures the cereal, has announced it is investing £75m astatine its tract successful Wrexham.

The plant, which employs 350 people, produces well-known brands including Special K, All-Bran and Fruit 'n Fibre.

Kellanova volition determination accumulation of Corn Flakes and Crunchy Nut from its Greater Manchester plant, doubling the Welsh factory's capableness to 1.5 cardinal boxes a day.

UK managing manager Chris Silcock said: "By bringing unneurotic the manufacturing of each our large meal cereals astatine 1 tract successful Wrexham, we tin marque important leaps guardant successful the efficiency, prime and sustainability of our operation.

"We look guardant to making Wrexham the location of our cereal accumulation for galore generations to come."

Kellogg's A container  of cocoa  flavoured Kellogg's maize  flakes connected  a reddish  backgroundKellogg's

Kellogg's volition present bundle much cereals astatine its Wrexham site

The institution claims the improvement volition trim its CO2 emissions by 11% with the usage of 2 caller accumulation lines utilizing artificial intelligence.

It besides said much earthy materials, specified arsenic rice, could beryllium used, delivering a "10-fold reduction" successful nutrient waste, alongside caller packaging lines and upgraded accumulation lines.

Wrexham MP Andrew Ranger said helium was "delighted" astir the investment.

He added: "Our skilled workforce is 1 of Wrexham’s top assets and I americium assured that their expertise and dedication volition lend to the occurrence of this venture.

"I look guardant to a prosperous concern and the affirmative interaction this concern volition person for Wrexham."


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