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10/21/2022
Manna Capital Partners has chosen a CSX-served site in Montgomery, Alabama, as the location for a $600 million beverage complex that will have an emphasis on production and supply-chain sustainability.
The complex will be built on 180 acres on a CSX Select Site off Interstate 65 at Wasden Road. Owned by Manna Capital subsidiary Manna Beverages & Ventures (MB&V), the complex is expected to begin operations in early 2025, CSX officials said in a website post.
In cooperation with local business development officials and a site-search firm, CSX assisted in Manna’s selection of the Wasden Road site, which met the company’s requirements for supply chain sustainability.
"We're looking forward to serving as Manna's supply-chain partner at the Wasden Road industrial site, which is ideally situated to capture the advantages of reliable, cost-effective and carbon-friendly rail transportation," said Arthur Adams, CSX senior vice president of sales and marketing.
CSX will deliver raw materials to the complex, which will offer the beverage companies packaging services, warehousing and a production facility for alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
"Our goal is to be the leading total beverage supply-chain company in North America while operating with the highest-quality, sustainable capabilities needed to produce beverages for world-class brand owners," said Ulysses "Junior" Bridgeman, managing partner at Manna Capital, a minority-owned firm based in Louisville, Kentucky.
MB&V is working with a sustainability consultant to incorporate sustainability features into the facility’s design. Through this facility, "MB&V is committed to reducing its carbon footprint, minimizing landfill use and impact, and plans to use renewable energy when possible," company officials said in a press release.