# Lamb Weston invests $250M in new french fry line in Hermiston, Oregon

Lamb Weston Holdings announced an investment to expand operations at its Hermiston, Oregon facility with a new 300 million pound-per-year french fry line. The project is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 and add approximately 170 full-time positions.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-12-21
- Where: Hermiston, Oregon, United States
- Value: $250.0M
- Jobs: 170
- Starts operating: Q2 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 300 million pounds per year
- Products: french fries
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/27906.md)

## Sources

- [potatopro.com](https://www.potatopro.com/news/2017/lamb-weston-invests-250-million-additional-french-fry-line-quarterly-dividend-raised), 2017-12-21: "The french fry category has been growing at attractive rates around the world, and we believe industry capacity has been challenged in recent years to keep up with continued growth in market demand."

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