The more than 1 million-square-foot facility is scheduled to open in 2017 near Tabler Station outside Martinsburg in the Eastern Panhandle. It will produce multiple brands but Procter & Gamble did not identify them.
The West Virginia plant positions P&G to utilize its new distribution center network, which includes the large distribution center in Union that it just opened near the Dayton International Airport.
“This will enable us to rapidly and efficiently serve retail customers and consumers throughout the eastern half of the United States, reaching 80 percent of them within one-day transit,” said Yannis Skoufalos, Procter & Gamble’s global product supply officer.
The consumer goods giant has commissioned similar new facilities in Atlanta, Dallas, southern California and southern Pennsylvania, while expanding an existing distribution center in suburban St. Louis.
Procter & Gamble’s products include personal care, household cleaning, laundry detergents and prescription drugs. The company had about $83 billion in sales in the 2014 budget year.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said the company’s decision is a huge win for the state.
“As the world’s leading consumer-goods manufacturer, P&G is one of the most reputable companies in the world and is a superb employer,” Tomblin said in the release.
The plant will be Procter & Gamble’s 30th in the United States, and the second built in the country since 1971.
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