The new terminal, which will handle corn syrup, high
fructose corn syrup, starches and dry and liquid sugar, includes four
truck-loading bays, tanks for making custom-blended products, melting tanks to
liquefy dry sucrose and a 32,000-square-foot warehouse.
The new facility replaces the company’s former McLoughlin
Boulevard operation, which was built in 1945 and handled more than 200 million
pounds of product per year. A portion of the land that housed the former
location was claimed under eminent domain in 2010 by the Tri-County
Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon as part of the
Portland–Milwaukie Light Rail Project.
“This new sweetener terminal will expand our warehousing and
sweetener handling capabilities in the area,” ADM President of Sweeteners &
Starches Chris Cuddy said. “The location provides us with access to the major
railroads in the area and is well-positioned to serve our customers throughout
the Pacific Northwest.”
ADM says all of the former operation’s 13 employees will
work at the new facility, which is located on a 20-acre parcel on Rivergate
Boulevard in the Rivergate Industrial District.
