# Tate & Lyle expands oat processing plant in Kimstad with ABB technology

Tate & Lyle modernized and expanded its oat processing plant in Kimstad, Sweden, using ABB variable speed drives, motors, and control cabinets, achieving a more than tenfold capacity increase.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-11-09
- Where: Kimstad, Sweden, Sweden
- Starts operating: 2016
- Status: completed
- Capacity: more than tenfold increase in capacity
- Products: oat-based food ingredients
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Tate & Lyle](https://endata.com/companies/11980.md)
- [ABB](https://endata.com/companies/1547.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [new.abb.com](https://new.abb.com/news/detail/2424/abb-helps-oat-factory-workforce-increase-capacity-by-more-than-tenfold), 2017-11-09: "We have seen a more than tenfold increase in capacity with the same number of shift operators compared to four years ago."

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