Siemer Milling, a US-based flour milling firm, has teamed up with Nagel & Son to open a $37.4m wheat facility in West Harrison, Indiana, while creating 35 new jobs by 2016.
The facility, which will be dubbed as Whitewater Mill, is expected to be operational by spring 2015, and will allow the company to produce 700 tons of wheat-based products per day.
The plant will manufacture flours, flour co-products, wheat germ and bran for snack and dessert foods, baking mixes, biscuits, batters and breadings.
Siemer currently employs approximately 125 associates at its mills in Illinois and plans to hire new people for Whitewater Mill early next year.
Indiana Secretary of Commerce Victor Smith said companies in the food industry continue to discover that when it comes to a healthy business climate, there is no better place in the world to invest and create new jobs than in Indiana.
"In the heartland of America, we are proud to be a state that works for business, offering a convenient location within one day's drive of 80 percent of the nation's population and the needed transportation system to reach clients," Smith added.
Siemer Milling president Rick Siemer said, "Existing and potential wheat supply and flour demand factors point to long-term success for this venture."
Based on the company's job creation plans, Indiana Economic Development Corporation offered Siemer Milling up to $325,000 in conditional tax credits.
Headquartered in Teutopolis, Illinois, Siemer Milling offers flours for making foods such as cookies, crackers, cakes, pretzels, batters and breadings, bread, and biscuits.
