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ADM opens largest U.S. mill ever built
MENDOTA, ILLINOIS, U.S. - A new Archer Daniels
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Decatur, Illinois, U.S.
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World Grain, at the mill Sept. 18 just after the new facility was
dedicated in a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by about
300 employees, guests and members of the media. He described
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largest ever built from the ground up (versus through later capacity additions).
The facility is located in Mendota, about 100 miles west of
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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The mill will supply customers in Chicago and surrounding
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Minneapolis mills and plans to close the Chicago mill shortly.
The three mills have combined capacity of about 29,000 cwts, a
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"It's a rare opportunity in the milling industry to be able to
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opportunity to build new, from the ground up. Every area of the
mill is laced in new technology."
The new mill features three 10,000-cwt units. The A and B
units will mill hard red winter and spring wheat while the C unit
is a swing mill, able to grind soft wheat, hard wheat or whole
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Visitors at the dedication ceremony were given a tour of the
C unit, which was in operation (and has been for nearly two
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ADM currently is in the process of starting up the A unit.
Ocrim S.p.A., Cremona, Italy, was the principal equipment
supplier for the new mill.
$'0EURNHJURXQGIRUWKHQHZPLOOLQ-XQHDQGGXUing the dedication ceremony, Christopher M. Cuddy, president of
ADM's Carbohydrates Solutions division, congratulated the team
responsible for building the mill and the company's suppliers for
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completing construction of the large, state-of-the-art mill in just
over two years.
"ADM has a long history of leading-edge innovation," he said.
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Soft wheat for the mill will be originated locally and delivered
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unit trains. The Mendota property has been the site of an ADM
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wheat storage was added as part of the mill construction project.
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corn storage.
The mill is served by the Burlington Northern railroad and is
located near Interstate-39 and Interstate-80 highways.
Additional advanced features of the mill cited by ADM include
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Gerald Richardson, president of Ocrim representative CETEC
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a number of features of the mill designed to address issues of
growing concern in the industry. These include energy savings
from closed loop variable-frequency drive control for exhaust
and pneumatic systems, bacterial-inhibiting sieves in sifters and
stainless-steel spouting and exhaust ducting throughout the mill.
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"Our industry is always changing," he said. "Standards are getting higher."
The completion of the Mendota mill follows by less than a year
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