ADM To Expand Capacity At Three US Wheat Flour Mills
21 5월 2009 - 3:22AM
Dow Jones News
The Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has announced plans to
expand the flour milling capacity of its wheat processing plants in
Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Spokane, Wash.
"The expanded capacity will further strengthen ADM's North
American supply network and support regional demand growth," said
the company, which - at an estimated daily grind of almost 280,000
hundredweight, or some 465,000 bushels - was already the nation's
largest flour miller.
In a Monday press release, ADM said the daily operating capacity
of its mill in Spokane would be expanded from 10,500 cwt to 12,500
cwt. ADM's Los Angeles flour mill will be expanded from 10,800 cwt
to 11,800 cwt per day. Construction is currently underway, with
expansion of both mills slated for completion by mid-year.
"ADM's Minneapolis, Minn., (Nokomis) mill will expand its white
flour capacity by 4,500 cwt per day, by converting one of its
existing farina production units," added the firm, which estimated
completion of that conversion in "early summer of 2009."
In addition, ADM has already modified an existing milling unit
at its Buffalo, N.Y., facility to add soft wheat flour production
capabilities.
-By Gary Wulf; Dow Jones Newswires; Gary.Wulf@dowjones.com