Bolstering the manufacturing sector of the San Antonio economy, Maruchan Texas recently opened its 510,000-square-foot ramen noodle factory on the South Side. The $300 million facility is located on Fischer Road just off Interstate Highway 35 in Southwest Bexar County.
The plant is expected to initially employ 200 and expand up to 600 in the next 18 months. To start, the plant will open with two production lines but could ultimately expand to six lines with a capacity to produce an estimated 1.8 million ramen noodle packages a day.
Maruchan Texas is a unit of Maruchan Incorporated. Ramen noodles originated in China, but Maruchan is based in Japan.
Click to read Bexar County – Ramen Noodle Capital of Texas (WOAI.com, 4-8-14)
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