BATAVIA, N.Y. — HP Hood plans to break ground on its $120 million expansion in Batavia next month.
The dairy company will add 32,500 square feet to its 448,185-square-foot facility in the Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park, to increase the plant’s capacity by 10%, or 20 million gallons of dairy products per year. That will bring output to nearly 150 million gallons annually.
The company plans is to add a 7,500-square-foot automated storage and retrieval system, a palletizing room and a new filling and packaging line, said Thomas Stucki, vice president of engineering and technical services for HP Hood.
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