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Iowa Fertilizer starts production
WEVER – The ground for the construction of the new fertilizer plant south of Wever was broken at the end of 2012.
Now, nearly 4 1/2 years later, the Iowa Fertilizer Company has started production.
A invitation-only ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the event will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the plant, with company representatives hosting state, county and local dignitaries.
IFC President Larry Holley and Site Operations Director Darrell Allman will lead the ceremony, along with representatives from the parent company OCI N.V.
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds and Debi Durham, director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority, are expected to attend, along with the Lee County Board of Supervisors and other state and local partners, said IFC spokesman Jesse Harris. They will tour the plant after the ribbon-cutting.
“We’re very happy with the production schedule,” Harris said about the first nitrogen fertilizer plant built in the U.S. in more than 25 years.
The $3 million-plus project employed 3,500 workers to erect the structure, and the plant will have 212 people working in the day-to-day operations.
Harris said the plant “will provide a reliable, stable and domestic source of nitrogen fertilizer for farmers in Iowa and around the country” and will “continue to drive job growth throughout the region.”
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