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Photos: The $72 million expansion of Octopi in Waunakee
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The bottom of massive storage tanks are seen at Octopi in Waunakee.
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A steel facade on the new production facility at Octopi is designed to rust to create a maintenance-free surface. The building is home to a high-speed canning line and storage tanks, some of which can be seen from the outside through the massive windows.
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Some of the products produced by Octopi are on display in the company's tasting room in Waunakee.
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Isaac Showaki, founder of Octopi, chats in the company's tasting room with Chris Zellner, Waunakee's village president. Since opening in 2015, Octopi has grown to more than 200 employees and now uses 567,000 square feet of production, warehouse and office space in Waunkee Business Park and in nearby Windsor.
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A group of local and state officials walk up a ramp as they prepare to tour the new 200,000-square-foot warehouse and packaging facility at Octopi in Waunakee.
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Workers at Octopi in Waunakee continue their efforts to install tanks and other systems in a $50 million expansion of the company's production facility. Some of the new tanks can hold as much as 50,000 gallons of product, including beer, seltzers, teas, energy drinks and other beverages.
Octopi expansion
Workers at Octopi in Waunakee continue their efforts to install tanks and other systems in a $50 million expansion of the company's production facility. Some of the new tanks can hold as much as 50,000 gallons of product that include beer, seltzers, teas, energy drinks and other beverages.
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Joe McCloud of Pristine Process Solutions in New Glarus works Wednesday to insure a newly installed tank at Octopi in Waunakee is level and straight.
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Joe McCloud, left, and Eddie Yirsa, both of Pristine Process Solutions in New Glarus, work on leveling and placing a storage tank in a $50 million addition to Octopi in Waunakee.
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Parker Milbauer, left, and Quinn Arnott, both of Pristine Process Solutions in New Glarus, install a hopper used for mixing dry ingredients at Octopi in Waunakee.
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Some of the new additions to the production facility at Octopi.
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Miles of piping are part of the new production facility at Octopi in Waunakee.
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The new production facility at Octopi in Waunakee is seen in the distance as visitors leave the company's warehouse.
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The new 200,000-square-foot warehouse, distribution and packaging facility at Octopi in Waunakee.
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A packaging line at Octopi that creates variety packs for its customers is housed in a $22 million, 200,000-square-foot warehouse facility across the street from the company's production facility in the Waunakee Business Park.
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Isaac Showaki, founder of Octopi, shows off a new packaging line that is designed to create variety packs. Octopi makes beverage products for 20 different companies.
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This aerial photo from a drone shows the solar array on the roof of Octopi's new production facility in Waunakee. The array is part of a $1.5 million system that includes a massive battery to store power for use at a later time. The system is designed to reduce Octopi's reliance on the grid by 25%.
