King Milling celebrates mill expansion
LOWELL, MICHIGAN, US — King Milling Co., Michigan’s largest flour miller, on April 10 celebrated the completion of the latest expansion of its flour milling complex. The $47 million project, which began in 2022 and was completed this winter, involved erecting the mill as well as two slipform concrete wheat storage bins that are attached to it. A full report on the new mill will appear in the May issue of World Grain.
King Milling D Mill
The D mill is six stories tall, covers 35,000 square feet, and includes state-of-the-art milling equipment. It has daily production capacity of 8,000 cwts which brings the company’s overall daily milling capacity to 25,000 cwts.
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Doyle family
Since 1891, five generations of the Doyle family have served as leaders of King Milling. Among the company’s executives today are, from left: Patrick Doyle, executive vice president; Brian Doyle, chairman; and Jim Doyle, president.
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Chairman Brian Doyle
Brian Doyle, chairman of King Milling, addresses the audience during the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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MDARD Grant
The expansion project received a Food and Agriculture Investment Program grant of $250,000 from the Michigan Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD).
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Wheat storage
King Milling has more than 3.7 million bushels of wheat storage to feed its four milling units in Lowell.
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Bühler roller mills
Bühler installed its latest generation roller mills in the D mill, which is dedicated to the production of hard wheat flour.
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Bühler purifiers
The fourth floor of the mill features Bühler purifiers.
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Steel spouting
Flour is pneumatically transported in the D mill through stainless steel spouting.
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Warehouse
In 2019, King Milling built an automated packing system to pack its products into 25- and 50-pound bags as well as 2,000-pound supersacks. This system is housed in a 30,000-square-foot warehouse constructed with the most sanitary design.
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Bagged flour
Most of King Milling’s flour is delivered in bulk to commercial customers in Michigan and surrounding states, but it does sell bagged flour in several stores in the Grand Rapids, Michigan, US, area.
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