OmniTRAX Adds Third P&G Manufacturing Plant to National Rail Network

Ohio plant joins OmniTRAX rail-served P&G facilities in Georgia and West Virginia 

LIMA, Ohio – November 4, 2024 – OmniTRAX, a comprehensive supply chain, industrial development, and logistics solutions partner has been selected as the dedicated switching partner for P&G Manufacturing Company’s Lima, Ohio laundry care factory. The transportation affiliate of The Broe Group, OmniTRAX operates 28 railroads and provides industrial switching services to ports, industrial parks, and industry leaders across the country. The new rail agreement, beginning November 1, 2024, marks the third P&G manufacturing plant served by the OmniTRAX network. 

“We are pleased to add P&G’s Lima operations to the OmniTRAX rail network,” said Chief Commercial Officer Ryan Higgins. “P&G Manufacturing continues to set the standard of operational efficiency, and we are honored to once again be entrusted with the responsibility of keeping their domestic supply chains moving.” 

Under the agreement, OmniTRAX will manage daily operational needs serving P&G’s Lima, Ohio manufacturing plant. OmniTRAX’s dedicated switching affiliate, OmniTRAX Lima Industrial (OLI), will switch daily inbound cars to the plant for placement and return newly empty cars on P&G’s outbound track from the facility’s 550-acre campus. The new rail service partnership includes facility switching, rail inspection, rail maintenance and repair, and all corresponding operational reporting for the Fortune 50’s growing Lima Operation.

P&G’s Lima operation has recently announced a new half-billion-dollar manufacturing expansion project. When fully operational, the 2026 Lima project will be the only P&G plant in the world to produce Gain and Downey Unstoppable laundry scent beads.