Tyson Foods Inc. officially opened one of its most advanced plants in the US, where robots will help boost the company’s capacity to turn chicken meat into value-added items such as nuggets and fully cooked wings.

The $300-million plant in Danville, Virginia will produce roughly 4 million pounds of Tyson-brand chicken products a week when it reaches full capacity early next year, according to a company spokesperson. The first of five lines at the 325,000-square-foot plant began production in mid September, about two years after construction began, and a second line was put into service earlier this month.