# Cranswick building GBP 75M poultry plant in Eye, Suffolk

Cranswick is constructing a new poultry processing plant in Eye, Suffolk, UK, valued at GBP 75 million. The facility will process 1.2 million birds per week and is expected to be operational towards the end of the new financial year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-05-21
- Where: Eye, Suffolk, United Kingdom
- Value: $95.0M (75.0M GBP)
- Starts operating: Q1 2020
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 1.2 million birds per week
- Products: poultry processing
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Cranswick](https://endata.com/companies/10132.md)
- [Marel Poultry](https://endata.com/companies/32779.md) (supplier)
- [Morrison's](https://endata.com/companies/39529.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [wattagnet.com](https://www.wattagnet.com/broilers-turkeys/processing-slaughter/article/15528505/cranswick-reports-strong-year-for-poultry-division-wattagnet), 2019-05-22: "The factory, which will be capable of processing 1.2 million birds per week, is expected to be operational towards the end of the new financial year with the project being fast-tracked to support the anchor customer (Morrison’s) for the new site."

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