Melaleuca breaks ground on $22 Million Expansion

Melaleuca Inc., which manufactures nutritional and pharmaceutical products, will hold a ground breaking ceremony at 11 a.m. Thursday for a $22 million expansion of its Forks of the River distribution center.

The new 231,000-square-foot distribution center at 5301 National Drive will have five incoming and 11 outgoing docks and additional docks could be added, according to a press release from the Knoxville Chamber.

Based in Idaho Falls, Idaho, privately-owned Melaleuca has about 480 Knoxville employees, according to the 2009 News Sentinel Book of Lists.