Purina's Wet Pet Food Plant in Mantua Starts Production
ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins73% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 73%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 3.2 yearsNestlé's announcement of 20 July 2026 says "The project will be developed and integrated over the coming years, with production expected to start in 2029"; a bare year is taken as its last day, 31 December 2029, as an estimate.[1]
Nestlé's CHF 520 million plant and logistics hub in Mantua, Italy, is due to start making super-premium wet food for cats and dogs for Purina brands in 2029. It will be Purina's 15th production site in Europe, with about 300 jobs expected.
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