Simmons Foods to spend $26M on new facility, create 78 jobs

Simmons Feed Ingredients announced this week it would invest $26 million toward a new pet food ingredient facility in Siloam Springs, Ark., that would create 78 jobs.

The company ­– part of Simmons Foods Inc. – would build the 89,125-square-foot building to provide fresh and frozen meat for pet food manufacturers, according to Arkansas Business.

Incentives provided for the expansion include an income tax credit, sales and tax use refunds and a $1 million grant for wastewater pretreatment.

The company, which had 2014 revenue of $1.4 billion, currently employs more than 5,800 across facilities in five states – including a feed ingredient facility in Southwest City, Mo. – and Canada.

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