Nestlé cut cost and time with modular factories

Posted on 15 Jul 2014 by Victoria Fitzgerald

Nestlé has created a blueprint for a new type of factory that can be built in half the time of a traditional one for almost half the cost.

The modular factory will be made of multiple pre-assembled ready-to-use sections, which will be brought to the site to be fitted together. The average Nestlé factory takes between 18 and 24 months and costs between £20m and £33m to build. The new modular factory could be complete and up and running, in less than 12…

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