# Mars Petcare opens second pet food plant in Querétaro, Mexico

Mars Petcare inaugurated its second plant in El Marqués, Querétaro, Mexico, with an investment of 1 billion Mexican pesos. The plant will produce wet and dry pet food, creating 500 direct and 1,500 indirect jobs by 2020.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-07-12
- Where: El Marqués, Querétaro, Mexico
- Value: $52.0M (1.00B MXN)
- Jobs: 500
- Starts operating: 12 Jul 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 30,000 tonnes per year of dry food and 25 billion sachets of wet food per year
- Products: pet food
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Mars Petcare](https://endata.com/companies/33100.md)

## Sources

- [periodicodebatepolitico.com.mx](https://www.periodicodebatepolitico.com.mx/mars-petcare-invierte-mil-millones-de-pesos-en-queretaro/), 2018-07-12: "Son una empresa líder, en un estado líder, un estado líder por su crecimiento del empleo, su salario promedio de cotización, su atracción de inversiones y su liderazgo nacional e internacional en los sectores aeronáutico y automotriz."

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