JB Swift

JB Swift is planning a $26 million plant rehab and expansion to add a smokehouse, blast chiller and expand slicing lines to its Ottumwa facility. The facility will make a half a million pounds of bacon a day.

Investment

  • NMTC Amount: $13,000,000
  • Total Project Cost: $25,551,844

IMPACT

  • 374 FTE jobs
  • 19 construction jobs

Investor

Project Description

JB Swift is planning a $26 million plant rehab and expansion to add a smokehouse, blast chiller and expand slicing lines to its Ottumwa facility. The facility will make a half a million pounds of bacon a day.

MAP

Address: 600 South Iowa Avenue, Otumwa, IA 52501

Census Tract: 19179960500

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