By Amanda Harrison
Michigan Sugar Company is sweetening up its Bay County facility with a 13 million dollar investment.
The money is being used to increase efficiency by updating equipment.
The improvements will impact four areas of production in the plant.
Ray Van Driessche is the director of Community and Government Relations for Michigan Sugar Company. He said the pulp press and beet pressing stations will be replaced.
"Also here in Bay City we're going to double the capacity of our consumer powered and brown sugar packaging lines. And we did that a few years ago and that's where we got our highest margin is from our powdered and brown sugar lines. And we doubled our capacity just a few years ago and believe it or not we have sold out of that capacity and now we're going to double it one more time."
Van Driessche said the facility will also purchase a new steam dryer. He said the investments will improve energy efficiency and save money.
The updates are scheduled to begin in March.
Michigan Sugar Company is sweetening up its Bay County facility with a 13 million dollar investment.
The money is being used to increase efficiency by updating equipment.
The improvements will impact four areas of production in the plant.
Ray Van Driessche is the director of Community and Government Relations for Michigan Sugar Company. He said the pulp press and beet pressing stations will be replaced.
"Also here in Bay City we're going to double the capacity of our consumer powered and brown sugar packaging lines. And we did that a few years ago and that's where we got our highest margin is from our powdered and brown sugar lines. And we doubled our capacity just a few years ago and believe it or not we have sold out of that capacity and now we're going to double it one more time."
Van Driessche said the facility will also purchase a new steam dryer. He said the investments will improve energy efficiency and save money.
The updates are scheduled to begin in March.