GEA to invest US$25M to expand Wisconsin facility
The expansion will add 70,000 square feet of manufacturing, research and office space, strengthening GEA’s food, beverage and nutrition technology capabilities in North America.
USA – GEA is expanding its Janesville campus in Wisconsin after securing approval for a development agreement, with the project set to strengthen local production and technology capabilities for food, beverage and nutrition customers across North America.
The company will invest approximately $25 million in construction, machinery and equipment to add about 70,000 square feet of office, manufacturing, research and industrial space. The expanded facility is scheduled to become fully operational in early 2028.
The new infrastructure will bring GEA’s manufacturing, assembly and application teams closer together at the Janesville site. The company said customers will have direct access to GEA specialists, while testing and production decisions can be handled more efficiently at the same location.
The expanded facility will focus on solutions from GEA’s Nutrition Plant Engineering portfolio, with drying technologies among its core capabilities. It will also provide space for customer and employee training and application-related testing.
“Food and beverage producers in North America are looking for partners who can combine process expertise, practical testing and reliable project execution close to their markets,” said Klaus Stojentin, CEO of GEA’s Nutrition Plant Engineering Division and member of the GEA Executive Board.
“Expanding our Janesville campus is a direct response to that. It builds real capability in a region that matters strategically to both our customers and to GEA,” Stojentin said.
GEA’s Janesville campus already houses multiple operational and technology functions. In 2024, the company opened a production, repair, logistics and training facility at the site for equipment including separators, decanters, valves and pumps.
In 2025, GEA added its New Food Application & Technology Center, providing food producers with access to pilot-scale testing for precision fermentation, cell cultivation and plant-based applications.
Janesville expansion builds on existing facility
Ana Rusu, vice president of Nutrition Plant Engineering, North America, said the expansion will allow customers to move from testing to production planning at the same site.
“Customers don’t just want us nearby — they want to get something done while they’re here,” Rusu said.
“In Janesville, a customer can walk a process from a testing question to a production plan without switching teams or sites. That’s the difference this expansion makes: less handoff, more progress in a single visit.”
GEA said the investment forms part of its strategy to strengthen localised production and technology capabilities in key markets while supporting its long-term commitment to the US food and beverage industry and customers across the Americas.
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