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For Immediate Release: April 19, 2006
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CAN DO officials were pleased that Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has officially announced that Hazleton has been chosen as the site for its new U.S. cocoa processing facility.

CAN DO has been working with ADM for months on the project which is planned for the new Humboldt North Industrial Park.

“We were a little surprised, but very pleased, by today’s announcement since certain details of the agreement still need to be completed,” said Robert Moisey, CAN DO’s chairman. “Our staff has worked long and hard to make this project a reality, and it’s a tribute to everyone in our community when one of the largest agricultural processors in the world chooses Hazleton for the home of its latest state-of-the-art processing plant.”

In the company’s press release posted on the home page of its web site, Mark Bemis, President of ADM Cocoa said, “This plant illustrates ADM’s commitment to meeting its customers’ growing need for high-quality cocoa ingredients and will strengthen ADM’s worldwide leadership position in the cocoa industry.

In the press release, ADM said it will begin construction in the fall and is expected to make its plant operational in mid-2007.

Headquartered in Decatur, Illinois, ADM has more than 25,000 employees, 250 processing plants and net sales for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 of $35.9 billion.

For additional information about ADM, visit the company’s web site at www.admworld.com.

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