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PLEASE WATCH/READ
PRYOR, OKLAHOMA:
RAILROADS, MAJOR HIGHWAY ACCESS, FRESHWATER ACCESS, AIRPORT, FORMER WW2 POW CAMP LOCATION.
MID AMERICA INDUSTRIAL PARK
-UNOPERATIONAL GATORADE MANUFACTURING FACILITY
-UNOPERATIONAL *GOOGLE* SERVER & DATA CENTER
GOOGLE SATELLITE PHOTOS OF THIS ENTIRE INDUSTRIAL AREA HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED IN YEARS.
GATORADE:
The $180 million, 1.4 million-square-foot manufacturing and distribution center began producing Pepsico’s line of Gatorade sports drinks and Propel fitness water in January 2008, opening with more than 200 workers.
But production began to fizzle that year. More than 100 workers were laid off by December, and the plant even closed for a week in October.
The Pryor location was the company’s ninth factory, and its largest Gatorade plant in the world. Purchase, N.Y.-based PepsiCo Inc. is one of the world’s largest beverage producers.
The plant closing is just the latest unsettling news for Pryor’s Mid-America Industrial Park, where two other manufacturing facilities have shut down in the past couple of years.
Read more: [link to newsok.com]
Plant Expansion
The plant opened on schedule in September 2007. By December 2007 an expansion project to install four new filling lines was announced. The expansion was completed in March 2008.
New technology is being used at the plant which fills the bottles at higher speeds. The Krones equipment fills bottles at a rate of 1,200 per minute as opposed to the earlier 800 per minute.
In addition, Tiger Woods had signed to promote Gatorade and had a Gatorade sub-line called Gatorade Tiger. The line had three special flavours and used a new bottle design and a new format. Gatorade Tiger flavours, inspired and selected by Tiger himself, included cherry blend, citrus blend and grape and was packaged in a 500ml bottle and a 32oz bottle.
In December 2009, company officials confirmed that the Gatorade sub-line, namely Gatorade Tiger, will be discontinued. The company said that it is discontinuing the brand to make room for other new products in 2010.
MidAmerica industrial park
MidAmerica is a 9,000-acre manufacturing, processing and distribution centre located south of Pryor. First built over 46 years ago (founded in 1960), the park has four-lane access to major transportation routes both nationally and statewide (including an airpark and quick access to the Tulsa Port of Catoosa). The park also has low-cost electricity from Grand River Dam Authority and an abundant water supply fed by Grand River.
The park now has a 365-acre regional business airport with a 5,000ft runway, and owns the wastewater and water treatment plants. Over 70 firms are located within the industrial park, including operations of eight Fortune 500 companies. Chris Weber, plant manager of the new Gatorade facility, said the Pryor site was chosen because it lies in the heart of the new facility's distribution area. In addition, the water and electrical power (supplied by PSO) are cheaper and the construction site was well prepared, flat and 'shovel ready'. [link to www.foodprocessing-technology.com]
GOOGLE:
Google has begun operations at its new data center in Pryor, Oklahoma, and plans to add a second building at the site to add additional compute capacity as well as amenities for staff.
The opening of the new facility, located about 35 miles west of Tulsa, follows the resumption of construction last year. The Oklahoma project was announced in 2007, but put on hold following the economic crisis in 2008.
[link to www.datacenterknowledge.com]
WHY SPEND $600 MILLION ON AN A BRAND NEW FACILITY.. HIRE EMPLOYEES, FIRE THEM.. CLOSE THE FACILITY.. THEN BEGIN BUILDING YET ANOTHER BUILDING?
MANY OTHER COMPANIES IN THIS AREA HAS EITHER RE-LOCATED OR GONE OUT OF BUSINESS... I BELIEVE GOOGLE HAS BOUGHT THEM OUT.
MID AMERICA INDUSTRIAL PARK WILL BE A FEMA CAMP LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE ENTIRE STATE.
IS ANY OF THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY HAPPENING IN YOUR STATE?
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