When dairy brand HP Hood invests $84.6 million into increasing its ultra-high temperature production capacity at its Winchester plant, it will mark the largest investment by an expanding company in Frederick County in 30 years.
"We're extremely pleased that they have made this historical decision," said Patrick Barker, executive director of the Winchester-Frederick County Economic Development Commission. "It's one of the largest expansions we could find in our record books here. When you have something of this magnitude, it means a little bit more."
Barker said that the commission first heard about Hood's plans for expansion in early March and that the process should start later this year, stretching through the next 12 to 24 months.
The Winchester location is one of the company's 15 plants across the country. "From the initial reception, the workforce and the infrastructure in place," Barker said about Hood's decision to invest in Frederick County, "I think it comes down to experience they had."
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