Gov. Josh Shapiro joins state, local and business leaders in Schnecksville, Pa., on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, to announce a $1.2 billion investment by Chobani to establish its first dairy manufacturing operation in Pennsylvania. The project is expected to create more than 900 jobs in the Lehigh Valley and, at full scale, use more than 3 billion pounds of Pennsylvania milk annually.
ALLENTOWN — Chobani Founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya says Pennsylvania’s family farms helped convince the company to make a historic investment here. Chobani plans a $1.2 billion manufacturing operation in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County
Ulukaya says the company saw the existing facility as a strong fit for its future and thanked the governor, US Senator Dave McCormick, local leaders and
and Pennsylvania farmers. The project will create more than 900 jobs and eventually use more than three billion pounds of Pennsylvania milk each year. That is about 30 percent of the milk currently produced statewide.
The project will create more than 900 jobs and eventually use more than three billion pounds of Pennsylvania milk each year. That is about 30 percent of the milk currently produced statewide.
