Gerber Products Company
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THE QUICK READ
Gerber Products Company, a Nestlé subsidiary, operates a baby food processing plant in Fort Smith, Arkansas, producing jarred and packaged infant food products. The facility's ammonia system holds about 15,000 pounds, and around 412 people work at the site. Nestlé acquired Gerber in 2007 for $5.5 billion. Fort Smith is the county seat of Sebastian County in western Arkansas, a city of roughly 90,000 on the Oklahoma border about 160 miles northwest of Little Rock.
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PAY PICTURE
Ammonia / Industrial Refrigeration Tech
- Government data for Arkansas
- $21.70–$29.66/hr
- What techs ask in Arkansas
- $25.47–$42.84/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 22 techs in our network, Arkansas
Industrial Maintenance Tech
- Government data for Arkansas
- $19.68–$28.21/hr
- What techs ask, adjusted for Arkansas
- $23.72–$32.51/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 278 techs in our network nationwide, scaled to Arkansas pay levels
Area pay for these roles, not this plant’s pay. Rows we cannot back with data are left out.
ABOUT THIS FACILITY
- Reported employees
- ~410
- Ammonia on site
- 15,000 lbs (per EPA RMP filings)
- Refrigeration systems
- ammonia
- Equipment brands
- Frick, Hansen, Siemens, Vilter, Witt, York
On file · Sep 2026
SAFETY RECORD
EPA RMP · Sep 2026From public EPA records, as of September 4, 2026. Reported as filed — we add no opinions or grades.
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ABOUT NESTLE
Nestlé traces its roots to two Swiss companies: the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company, founded in 1866, and Farine Lactee Henri Nestlé, founded in 1867. The two merged in 1905 to form Nestlé, headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. The company grew through acquisitions including Carnation (1984), Rowntree Mackintosh (1988), Ralston Purina (2002), and Gerber (2007). Its brand portfolio spans more than 2,000 names, among them Nescafé, Nespresso, Kit Kat, Purina, Gerber, and Maggi. As of 2025, Nestlé operates 335 factories in 75 countries, employs about 271,000 people, and reported CHF 89.5 billion in annual sales on the SIX Swiss Exchange as a publicly traded company.
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