Sucro Announces Plans for New Cane Sugar Refinery in Chicago
Sucro Limited announced plans to construct a new cane sugar refinery in the Greater Chicago Area. Once complete, the new refinery will have a similar scale to the company's Lackawanna facility in Western New York. The new refinery will have value-added specialty sugar capabilities, including large grain crystals used in specialty foods and confectionery, an integrated brown sugar line, specialty liquid production and organic sugar refining capabilities. Startup and initial production are expected in 2026.
The Chicago refinery will leverage Sucro's existing property and sugar processing infrastructure at University Park, Ill. The company says the location represents the most inland cane sugar refinery in the U.S. with the capability to serve food processors and manufacturers in the Midwest with a supply of refined cane sugar and specialty sugars. Sucro expects to fund the equity portion of the facility's construction costs using internally generated cashflows.