Chobani and the Lehigh Valley share the distinctly American story of reinvention.
Founder Hamdi Ulukaya went from his family’s dairy farm in Turkey to building a global food company in America. The Lehigh Valley evolved from a center of heavy industry into one of the nation’s leading manufacturing markets making medical supplies, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, food, and products for other iconic brands used around the world.
So, when Chobani chose Lehigh Valley for a $1.2 billion dairy production project, Pennsylvania’s largest agricultural investment ever, the story made national news.
From CNBC to Bloomberg, dozens of national news outlets, farming and manufacturing publications, and commercial real estate trade magazines carried the story of the Lehigh Valley's manufacturing strengths:
- An advantageous location near major markets
- A manufacturing workforce ready to go to work
- And proximity to the second-most dairy farms of any state in the U.S.
Chobani’s operation, which will employ 900 people on a property where food and beverages have been produced for more than four decades, adds major dairy production to the Lehigh Valley’s history of diverse manufacturing.
Lehigh Valley is among the Top 15% of markets nationwide for manufacturing, based on Gross Domestic Product. More than 700 manufacturers produce food and beverages, semiconductors and technology, health care and consumer products, plastics, chemicals, and other items.
Chobani will join global brands including Mack Trucks, Crayola crayons, Martin Guitars, and Peeps.
Here are just a few dozen of the headlines sharing Chobani’s decision to invest in the Lehigh Valley.
NATIONAL HEADLINES
Bloomberg: Chobani Expands Into High-Protein Milk With $1.2 Billion Pennsylvania Facility
CNBC: Gov. Josh Shapiro: Chobani investing $1.2B in facility is 'a huge deal for us'
Wall Street Journal: Keurig Dr Pepper to Sell Chobani Stake for $925 Million
FOOD & FARMING PUBLICATIONS
Lancaster Farming: Chobani Announces $1.2B Dairy Plant in Lehigh Valley
Dairy Herd: Chobani Bets $1.2B on Pennsylvania, Takes Over Keurig Dr Pepper Plant
Dairy Dimension: $1.2 Billion Dairy Investment Planned for Pennsylvania
iGrow News: Chobani to Invest $1.2 Billion in New Allentown, Pennsylvania Campus
EDairyNews: Chobani Investing $1.2B In Pennsylvania Facility, Seeking Huge Share Of In-State Milk
Farmshine: Chobani’s $1.2B Pennsylvania bet could reshape dairy’s future here
AgFarmNews.com: Chobani Brings $1.2B Dairy Expansion to Pennsylvania
Feedstuffs: Chobani investing $1.2B in Pennsylvania campus
IN Food: Chobani plans $1.2bn Pennsylvania dairy manufacturing expansion
Food Dive: Chobani to spend $1.2B to buy and invest in Pennsylvania plant
Food Business News: Chobani funneling 12 million in to Allentown campus
Food Processing: Chobani to Acquire, Invest $1.2 Billion in KDP Plant in Pennsylvania
The Cheese Reporter: Chobani Plans $1.2 Billion Investment In Pennsylvania Plant, Warehouse Campus
MANUFACTURING, COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE & BUSINESS PUBLICATIONS
Area Development: Chobani Plans Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, Production Operations
Expansion Solutions Magazine: Chobani Announces $1.2 Billion Pennsylvania Expansion, Creating 900 Jobs
CRE Daily: Chobani Plans $1.2B Lehigh Valley Industrial Campus
Bisnow: Chobani To Invest $1.2B In Manufacturing, Warehouse Campus In Pennsylvania
RE BusinessOnline: Chobani Agrees to Buy Former Keurig Dr Pepper Manufacturing Facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania for $125M
Manufacturing Dive: Chobani to spend $1.2B to buy and invest in Pennsylvania plant
Manufacturing.net: Chobani Invests $1.2B to Establish First Dairy Plant in Pennsylvania
Construction Review: Chobani to Take Over a 1.5 Million Square Foot Lehigh Valley Plant in $1.2 Billion Deal
Construction Dive: Chobani to spend $1.2B to buy and invest in Pennsylvania plant
Trade & Industry Development: PA: Chobani to Establish Dairy Operation With $1.2 Billion Investment, Creating 900 New Jobs
Connect CRE: Chobani to Invest $1.2B to Establish its First Dairy Operation in Pennsylvania
DC Velocity: Chobani to adapt PA factory to dairy food production in $1.2 billion plan
Dealroom: Chobani to invest $1.2B in Pennsylvania dairy plant, its first in the state
SupplyChain 24/7: Chobani Plans $1.2 Billion Dairy Plant by Allentown, Pennsylvania
Design and Development Today: Chobani Invests $1.2B to Establish First Dairy Plant in Pennsylvania
Industrial Equipment News: Chobani Invests $1.2B to Establish First Dairy Plant in Pennsylvania
CityBiz: Chobani Plans $1.2 Billion Allentown Manufacturing Hub, Adding 900 Jobs
GlobeSt: Chobani Expands Manufacturing With $1.2B Investment in Allentown Facility
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