ADM Selects Pennsylvania Site For New Cocoa Plant

Hazleton, Pennsylvania is the site for its new U.S. cocoa processing facility. Construction, pending final permitting approvals, is set to begin this fall, with the facility expected to be operational in mid-2007.

20/04/06 Archer Daniels Midland Company has announced it has selected Hazleton, Pennsylvania as the site for its new U.S. cocoa processing facility.

“We are pleased to announce Hazleton as our location of choice for this state-of-the-art facility,” stated Mark Bemis, President-ADM Cocoa. “This plant illustrates ADM’s commitment to meeting its customers’ growing need for high-quality cocoa ingredients and will strengthen ADM’s worldwide leadership position in the cocoa industry.”

Construction, pending final permitting approvals, is set to begin this fall, with the facility expected to be operational in mid-2007.

ADM is a global leader in cocoa processing with plants in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. ADM previously announced plans to build a new cocoa processing facility located in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.