ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Westrock Coffee Announces Major Plant Expansions - Including Nation’s Largest Roasting to Ready-To-Drink Packaging Facility

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Friday, December 17, 2021
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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211216006195/en/
    From left to right: Bart Castleberry, mayor of Conway, Arkansas; Will Ford, group president of Westrock Coffee; Scott Ford, CEO of Westrock Coffee; Joe Ford, co-founder and chairman of Westrock Coffee; Michael Preston, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission at the announcement event at the new Conway, Arkansas Westrock Coffee facility.
  • Our growth benefits everyone at Westrock Coffee from our global customers and farmer partners to our current and future employees and the communities where they live.
  • Westrock Coffee Company provides the drink that fuels many Arkansans in the workplace, and others all around the world, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson said.
  • The space will also incorporate state-of-the-art quality assurance and product development labs, enabling Westrock Coffee to create, test, and produce new beverage solutions.