May 18, 2023

 

Meyn America to accelerate customer parts deliveries through future South Carolina, US distribution facility

 

Meyn America, LLC, a leading poultry processing solutions company, announced plans on May 17 to construct an 80,000-square-foot, Green Globes-certified parts distribution facility in the economic development business park of Oconee County, South Carolina, the United States.

 

The facility is intended to accelerate and improve the accuracy of Meyn's growing parts business to support customers throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Latin America.

 

Todd Rhodes, vice president and general manager of Meyn Americas, said: "As part of our continuous improvement effort, we are always exploring opportunities to improve the customer experience. This new distribution facility will enable us to fulfill our growing customer parts orders more quickly and accurately.

 

"In addition, by establishing roots in South Carolina – two hours from our Georgia facility, we will diversify risk caused by any unplanned weather disruptions, allowing us to continue uninterrupted fulfillment of customer orders."

 

Michael Otterbach, vice president of parts operations for Meyn America, said: "When this facility becomes operational, it will harness state-of-the-art automation technology that will significantly improve our OCE (on-time, complete and error-free) shipment to customers."

 

Joost Weel, managing director of Meyn Food Processing Technology BV, said: "This move represents a significant milestone in our global supply chain strategy, and we expect it will have the important added benefit of helping us reduce our company's carbon footprint."

 

Currently, parts are shipped via air from distribution centers throughout Europe to Meyn America's customers, resulting in high CO2 emissions. Meyn's new South Carolina facility will house a robust parts inventory that will be delivered to customers over land and sea.

 

In addition, the distribution facility's project managers are pursuing Green Globes building certification by reducing the project's environmental impact, identifying opportunities to save energy and minimise future maintenance costs, and fostering a healthy work environment for employees.

 

The company is investing US$10.8 million in the construction of a warehouse, which it expects to be operational by the third quarter of 2024.

 

- Meyn