Agribusiness  November 27, 2017

Smucker to hold job information sessions for Longmont plant

LONGMONT — The J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM) will hold information sessions beginning this week about future job opportunities at its new plant, which will be located in the Weld County portion of Longmont.

The company in January announced plans for a $340 million, 400,000-square-foot facility that eventually could employ 500 workers. The first phase will include a $200 million investment to construct and operate a 200,000-square-foot facility, with an additional $140 million for a second phase — a 200,000-square-foot expansion — dependent on product demand. Construction on the facility began last spring, with production expected to begin in 2019.

The plant will help meet growing demand for Smucker’s Uncrustables sandwiches, which are pre-made frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

J.M. Smucker Co., paid $4,649,700 to Highway 119 Holdings LLC for vacant land in the Concepts Industrial Park near the northwest corner of Colorado Highway 119 and Fairview Street, according to public records.

As part of incentive deals negotiated with Longmont, Weld County and the state of Colorado, Smucker’s will be required to pay workers an average of $48,977 annually, or 105 percent of the annual average wage in Weld County.

The employment sessions will be held in conjunction with Employment Services of Weld County.

Sessions will be held at Employment Services of Weld County, 315 N.11th Ave., Building B, in Greeley on Nov. 29, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Dec. 13, from 9 a.m. to noon.

Additional sessions will be held at Employment Services of Weld County, Del Camino Office, 4209 Weld County Road 24½, in Longmont on Dec. 1, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Dec. 11, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information or to register for work, visit www.eswc.org.

 

LONGMONT — The J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM) will hold information sessions beginning this week about future job opportunities at its new plant, which will be located in the Weld County portion of Longmont.

The company in January announced plans for a $340 million, 400,000-square-foot facility that eventually could employ 500 workers. The first phase will include a $200 million investment to construct and operate a 200,000-square-foot facility, with an additional $140 million for a second phase — a 200,000-square-foot expansion — dependent on product demand. Construction on the facility began last spring, with production expected to begin in 2019.

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Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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