Canadian beverage manufacturer Lassonde Industries Inc. is planning to build a new $200 million beverage manufacturing facility in Cumberland County.

The company says the 200,000-square-foot facility will be built adjacent to its existing plant on Parsonage Road in Upper Deerfield Township over a two-year period.

The new facility will replace the current plant and is designed to improve operating efficiency while delivering increased volume at lower costs, Lassonde said in a statement.

A spokesperson for Lassonde confirmed in an email last week that the company “is working through the permitting process with the township.”

Production activities will start to be transferred beginning in 2026, according to the statement.

The transition is expected to be completed in 2027.

Lassonde’s facility in New Jersey produces juices and cranberry sauce, according to its website.

Amanda Burns, president of Private Label at Lassonde Pappas and Company Inc., said township officials were championing the project.

“The support we have received from Upper Deerfield Township and Cumberland County in New Jersey has been instrumental in making this new facility a reality,” Burns said in a statement.

“For several decades our U.S. business has called Cumberland County home and this investment further underscores our long-standing commitment to the community,” she said.