Universal Robina Corp., the biggest snack food maker, said sugar and renewables unit Southern Negros Development Corp. inaugurated a new mill in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental province.
URC said in a disclosure to the stock exchange the new sugar mill could crush up to 6,000 metric tons of canes daily, increasing Sonedco’s milling capacity to 14,000 tons of canes, and URC’s total milling capacity to 40,000 tons a day.
The expansion project, which started in April 2017, will start commercial operations in time for the 2019-2020 crop year.
“The inauguration of the new mill marks the high point of our 30 years in the sugar business. It fulfills our commitment to serve sugar cane farmers with a mill that renders better sugar recovery from their canes and utilizes lower energy cost, so that the consumers will be provided with good-quality sugar at fair and reasonable prices,” said Renato Cabati, vice president and business unit general manager of URC’s Sugar and Renewables Group.