Kettle Foods opens green plant In Beloit
From a story on Channel3000:
BELOIT, Wis. — Kettle Foods held a grand opening for its manufacturing facility in Beloit Wednesday.
Gov. Jim Doyle was on hand to cut the ribbon at the new 73,000-square-foot facility, which created nearly 100 jobs in Beloit. The manufacturing plant will produce 2.5 million bags of all-natural potato chips, which are sold across the country. . . .
In 2006, Doyle provided Kettle Foods with $500,000 in state money to lure the construction project.
In addition to new jobs, Kettle Foods brings new standards for environmentally friendly manufacturing. Kettle Foods’ new facility in Beloit is the first manufacturing plant to be awarded gold certification in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Program from the U.S. Green Building Council.
“We think it’s a big deal. We think we’ve done the right thing to build as sustainably as possible,” said Jim Green, ambassador for Kettle Foods.
The facility uses 18 small wind turbines located on the roof of the building. Combined, and at full capacity, the turbines can create 18 kilowatts of electricity, which is enough power to make 56,000 bags of chips each year, WISC-TV reported.
Great job by this company! I will be looking for this brand.
Wayne Clingman
September 21, 2007