IWestern Polymer Corporation (WPC) izolo imemezele ukuthengwa kwendawo yokukhiqiza nemishini ye-Aroostook Starch Company, LLC, eFort Fairfield, eMaine. Lokhu kutholwa kuzoba yindawo yesithathu yokukhiqiza isitashi yeNhlangano.
I-Western Polymer izoqhubeka nokucubungula ibanga lokudla izambane isitashi kule ndawo ngemuva kokuthuthuzelwa kwesitshalo nemishini. Ukuthola indawo yaseMaine kuzohlukanisa inkampani ngamasu, kwandise ububanzi bayo bebhizinisi kulo lonke elase-United States.
UTownsend-White uthe abacubungula amazambane e-Aroostook County baheha inkampani kule ndawo, kanjalo nabasebenzi.
"Leli bhizinisi selisatshalaliswa kusukela ngoMeyi kanti yithina esibe yimpumelelo yokubhida," kusho uLynn Townsend-White, umengameli kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu seWestern Polymer, kusho uLwesibili. Indawo yaseFort Fairfield “ivaliwe kusukela ekupheleni kukaMeyi, futhi sesiqashe iningi labasebenzi, okusishiya nabantu abalinganiselwa kwabayishumi abasebenza. Sihlele ukuvula ngoJulayi 10 ukulungisa okuthile bese siqala ukusebenza. ”
I-Aroostook Starch yasungulwa ngonyaka we-2001 yiNivoba, inkampani yaseNetherlands, ukukhiqiza isitashi kusuka kumazambane asele namakhemikhali. Lapho lesi sitshalo siqala ukuvulwa, abasebenzi abangu-35 babesebenza ukusiza ukukhiqiza amathani ayi-50,000 60,000 kuya ku-2005 esitashi ngonyaka. Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, le nkampani yatholwa yi-Emsland ezinze eJalimane, eyavala lesi sikhungo ngo-2006 ngemuva kokuthi isitshalo siqale ukulahlekelwa yimali. IStarch Partners LLC yathatha ubunikazi ngo-XNUMX.
Isitshalo seWestern Polymer sikaMoses Lake besisebenza kusukela ngo-1952 futhi njengamanje senza imikhiqizo yezitashi ezimboni ezisetshenziswa kakhulu embonini yamaphepha. Indlunkulu yaseMoses Lake, eWashington isendaweni ecebile kwezolimo esifundazweni saseColumbia Basin. Isitshalo sesitashi sesibili se-WPC, esakhiwa ngo-2001, siseGrand Forks, eNyakatho Dakota futhi sicubungula imikhiqizo eminingi yesitashi efana nesikhungo saseMoses Lake. I-Western Polymer yi-ISO 9001: Iqinisekisiwe ngo-2008 neKosher Certified.