Chip maker beats production crunch with new Vegas plant
RW Garcia, a family-owned corn-based chip and snack maker from San Jose, Calif., has opened a 63,000-squre-foot manufacturing plant in unincorporated Clark County near North Las Vegas.
The new facility brings 80 jobs, and the first chips have already been produced and shipped to distributors and retailers.
RW Garcia said it opened the chip facility in the Las Vegas valley because sales of company-branded products outpaced production at plants in San Jose and Lincolntown, NC. The new facility at 4780 North Lamb Blvd allows RW Garcia to accommodate increased manufacturing capacity.
“The business environment in Las Vegas really drew us in,” Robert Garcia, RW Garcia president and CEO, said in a statement. “We have seen so much growth at RW Garcia over the past few years, and opening this facility in Las Vegas greatly increases our manufacturing capacity, while still offering room for continued growth.”
The new chip plant allows the production rate to increase from 11 million pounds of chips per year to more than 62 million annually.
Founded in 1982, RW Garcia products include Tortatos, a half-tortilla, half-potato chip; Dippers, a corn chip; and a variety of corn-based, gluton-free crackers.
