Alyse Thompson-Richards, associate editor-in-chief, recaps some recent plant openings, expansions and closures in the food and beverage industry.

The 16,000-sq.-ft. space includes an upstairs lab area and a blending facility, enhancing the company’s capabilities in applications development, custom blending and packaging services.

The second phase of Rich’s plant expansion is supported by National New Markets Fund, LLC, which will invest $17.5 million of its New Markets Tax Credit allocation.

ESI Group USA, a design, engineering and construction services firm, will build the expansion.

The brand is adding 46 million organic pouches annually to the Londonderry, N.H. facility

The project is expected to be completed in November 2023 at a cost of $20 million.

The expansion doubles the facility’s size and production capacity to meet increasing demand for White Castle retail sliders nationwide.

A new industrial production development center is being developed close to Mosa Meat’s existing pilot facility in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Lactalis Canada's expansion in this category will grow the company's plant-based offering which currently includes products such as Sensational Soy, Lactantia margarine and Siggi's coconut-based yogurt alternative.

MeaTech 3D Ltd. has announced that its wholly owned Belgian subsidiary, Peace of Meat, has signed a joint development agreement with ENOUGH, a player in the field of mycoprotein—a fungi-based fermented food ingredient.