Beverage Industry Veterans Launch Pittston Co-Packers
Two beverage industry veterans launched Pittston Co-Packers (PCP) with their first high-volume beverage manufacturing facility, a 403,000-sq.-ft. facility in Pittston, Pa.
CEO is Christopher Reed, founder of soda-maker Reed’s Inc. and California Custom Beverage. Joining him is John Holzemer, a seasoned plant operator with more than 38 years of experience managing beverage plants, previously of Fairlife and Coca-Cola Co.
The plant supports both low- and high-acid product lines for cold fill and features advanced aseptic and PET technology for cartons, bottles and more. It’s equipped to produce a broad range of beverage types, including juices, blended juices, fresh-brewed iced teas, plant- and nut-based milks, protein drinks and electrolyte beverages. The facility is in full compliance with regulatory standards, ensuring an expedited path to production approval.
Beyond production, PCP also offers product development and commercialization services, including R&D assistance (on-site pilot runs, plant trials, recipe formulation and ingredient sourcing), in-house coordination of graphic design and packaging development.
Pittston already is servicing a variety of national beverage brands and is in the middle of contracting out 25 million of its 39 million case capacity of annual production, with a goal of adding 20 million more cases of production capacity by 2027.
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Dave Fusaro has served as editor in chief of Food Processing magazine since 2003. Dave has 30 years experience in food & beverage industry journalism and has won several national ASBPE writing awards for his Food Processing stories. Dave has been interviewed on CNN, quoted in national newspapers and he authored a 200-page market research report on the milk industry. Formerly an award-winning newspaper reporter who specialized in business writing, he holds a BA in journalism from Marquette University. Prior to joining Food Processing, Dave was Editor-In-Chief of Dairy Foods and was Managing Editor of Prepared Foods.