The maker of Tillamook brand dairy products announced Thursday that it has officially started production at a new ice cream plant in central Illinois.
The Decatur facility represents the Tillamook County Creamery Association's first plant outside Oregon. Executives at the cooperative said the plant would bolster its production capacity and supply chain efficiency.
The site opened with a workforce of 50 employees; the staff is expected to grow as the facility increases production. TCCA supply chain executive Mike Bever said the plant is expected to eventually deliver “15.5 million gallons of ice cream.”
"This is an exciting step forward for our co-op, and we are energized by the new opportunities that the Decatur manufacturing plant opens for TCCA," added TCCA President and CEO David Booth. "Decatur offers strategic access to our growing customer and consumer base, and we hope this new production facility will help enable Tillamook to become the ice cream of choice for consumers in the eastern United States."
