Tailwind Nutrition has moved to a new production and warehouse facility in La Plata County, Colorado, and also hired Chris Jacobs as its new Chief Operating Officer.
“Tailwind Nutrition continues to grow at a fast clip,” said Jenny Vierling, co-founder of Tailwind. “We outgrew our production facility three years ago, and it’s been a game of Tetris since.
“We’re thrilled to open our new facility with ample space for growth, keeping manufacturing and fulfilment here in Southwest Colorado. At the same time, we’re excited to welcome Chris Jacobs as COO, bringing his organizational expertise to help more athletes achieve their goals as we scale.”
In his new leadership role, Chris Jacobs will run the day to day functioning of the company… ‘adding processes and systems that enable scalable growth from Tailwind’s Durango office.’
By leveraging past experience and expertise from the consumer packaged goods, e-commerce and outdoor industries, Jacobs is… ‘pouring his effort into creating scalable processes at Tailwind. With new products and the transition to a new, streamlined production and warehouse facility, Jacobs is focused on placing Tailwind on a continued path to growth.’
“Moving to Durango to become part of this team is proving to be a fantastic decision for me,” Chris Jacobs said. “The entire team is made up of active outdoor focused individuals who all simply want to help more people get outside and achieve their respective goals. That’s a great foundation to grow from, a great mission and a team I couldn’t be happier to be a part of.”
Tailwind Nutrition remains committed to manufacturing its products locally in Durango, where it employs 30 people in the La Plata County community.
Tailwind’s new facility is located near the Durango-La Plata County Airport. The space is not only larger but optimized to be more efficient. Previously, production and warehousing/shipping were located in two separate buildings, causing employees to have to drive product between the two. Now the new facility will have both production and the warehouse under the same roof.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2022, Tailwind Nutrition manufactures natural sports nutrition products that are free of GMOs, dairy, soy, and gluten.
