PepsiCo building giant automated facility in Denver
PepsiCo Beverages North America to construct its largest US facility
On Sept.27, PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA) broke ground on its new 1.2 million-square-foot automated manufacturing facility in the Denver High Point development area, with local government representatives, community partners, and 250+ local PBNA employees in attendance.
The new facility will be PepsiCo’s largest and most sustainable domestic outpost, serving as a model for future PBNA operations. As the company’s most sustainable domestic outpost, the new facility will aim to achieve 100% renewable electricity, best-in-class water efficiency, and reduced virgin plastic use.
Scheduled to open in 2023, the High Point facility will have three times the manufacturing capacity of its current facility and will create nearly 250 new jobs in the Denver area, in addition to retaining all 250 current employees who will be upskilled as needed to operate the new innovative manufacturing equipment.
Kirk Tanner, PBNA chief executive officer, addresses a crowd of PepsiCo employees at the ceremonial groundbreaking (Kim Cook/AP Images for PepsiCo Beverages North America)
Key features of this new state-of-the-art facility include:
1.2 million square foot manufacturing facility that sits on 150+ acres, making it the largest facility in PepsiCo Beverages North America
Being built with 2030 pep+ goals in mind, aiming to achieve 100% renewable electricity, best-in-class water efficiency, and reduced virgin plastic use
10 manufacturing lines, with room to expand
500+ employees to work out of the facility
Warehouse Automated Storage Retrieval System (ASRS) capacity up to 82,000 pallets
Will produce Pepsi, Pepsi Zero Sugar, Gatorade, bubly, Rockstar, Propel, and more
