Frozen potato giant Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. is investing $3.5 million at its Richland campus to support research. Construction of the new potato storage building connected to the research center should be finished this fall, said the company, based in Eagle, Idaho.
Fisher Construction Group is the contractor for the project at 1933 Hagen Road. Lamb Weston’s Richland campus includes a production line in addition to research activities. In 2017, Lamb Weston dedicated a $200 million expansion of the Richland processing line.
The expansion doubled the Richland plant’s ability to convert raw potatoes into frozen products, namely french fries, to 2 million pounds per day, or 600 million pounds per year.
Lamb Weston operates production and other facilities throughout the Mid-Columbia and is one of the region’s leading private employers. Last week, it dedicated a similar $250 million expansion in Hermiston that added 250 jobs and boosted production to nearly 750 million pounds annually.
Source: tri-cityherald.com
