This fall, trucks pulled in and out all day at the HP Hood dairy processing facility in Winchester, Va. In addition to milk tankers unloading milk and cream, the other trucks belonged to construction workers who are installing a second aseptic processing line in the plant.
Hood plans to spend approximately $100 million on capital projects this year, including this new line. The processing and packaging equipment will allow the Lynnfield, Mass.-based dairy processor to keep up with product demand from existing customers and will give it additional capacity to secure and service new business.