Camden / NJ. (csc) Campbell Soup Company announced steps to improve its U.S. supply chain cost structure and increase asset utilization across its U.S. thermal plant network. A number of factors have resulted in excess capacity in Campbell´s U.S. thermal manufacturing network, including significant productivity improvements, volume declines of U.S. canned soup and an increased focus on new packaging formats which are often produced under co-manufacturing agreements. As a result, the company is taking the following actions:
- Closing the Sacramento, California, plant, which currently produces soups, sauces and beverages. Built in 1947, the Sacramento plant is the oldest in Campbell´s U.S. network and has the highest production costs on a per-case basis. The plant has approximately 700 full-time employees. Campbell will close the facility in phases, with plans to cease operations by July 2013. The company plans to shift the majority of Sacramento´s production of soups, sauces and beverages to its remaining three thermal plants in Maxton, North Carolina; Napoleon, Ohio; and Paris, Texas.
- Closing the South Plainfield, New Jersey, spice plant. Campbell currently operates two spice plants that supply ingredients to its U.S. thermal plants. Opened in 1964, the South Plainfield plant employs 27 people. The company will close the facility by March 2013. Campbell will consolidate spice production at its larger Milwaukee plant.
Mark Alexander, President, Campbell North America, said, «We recognize this is difficult news for employees in Sacramento and South Plainfield. Campbell is committed to helping them work through this transition. As we position Campbell for profitable growth, we must continue to optimize our U.S. plant network and diversify our manufacturing capabilities. We expect the steps we´re announcing today to improve our competitiveness and performance by increasing our asset utilization, lowering our total delivered costs and enhancing the flexibility of our manufacturing network. These actions also will eliminate the capital investments needed to maintain the Sacramento plant».
Campbell anticipates that it will incur pre-tax costs of approximately 115 million USD, most of which will be incurred in fiscal 2013. The program will also require approximately 27 million USD of capital spending. Campbell expects these actions, once fully implemented, will result in annual ongoing pre-tax savings of approximately 30 million USD beginning in fiscal 2016, with fiscal 2014 savings of approximately 21 million USD. Campbell currently employs approximately 19’900 people around the world.
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