# Parker Products breaks ground on new $17.5M Fort Worth plant

Parker Products broke ground on a new 90,000-sq.-ft. facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The company will invest $17.5 million, retain 100 employees, create 30 new jobs, and triple production capacity. Completion is slated for early 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2016-12-21
- Where: Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Value: $17.5M
- Jobs: 30
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: triple current production capacity
- Products: inclusions and specialty ingredients for baking, beverage, confectionery, dairy, ready-to-eat and snack industries
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Parker Products](https://endata.com/companies/20940.md)

## Sources

- [snackandbakery.com](https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/105718-parker-products-breaks-ground-on-new-fort-worth-plant), 2016-12-21: "Our current plant was built in the 1950s, so there were multiple drivers behind building a new facility"

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