Organic fertilizer producer Texas Sigma Partners (TSP), Winnsboro, Texas, which is in litigation over fumes related to the drying system material combustion from its Winnsboro, Texas, facility-in-development, confirmed on May 12 that it has ceased plant production for a period of days.
During this outage, it said major additional, state‑of‑the‑art cleaning and emission destruction equipment will be installed, which is anticipated to completely alleviate local citizen concern which spawned the litigation.
TSP described itself as a new company in the latter implementation stages. The company said it has been developing a plant update that inevitably would have led to downtime as agreed by the party litigants. TSP said new developments in design and layout will improve efficiency and product output.
TSP said the hiatus also gives it ample preparation time to increase its packaging division capabilities. It said adding a packaging division has broadened its product offerings while employing more local citizens. The company said it is now employing more than 30 individuals from the local community, and that the project had widespread support from the local city and county governments.
In addition, TSP said it anticipates the upgrades to its facility will provide increased production capabilities, which will be a significant contribution to the ever‑growing crisis in the US around the world related to global fertilizer and food shortages.
TSP said a major financial and management participant in its Winnsboro project is Sigma AgriScience, Boling, Texas. On its website, Sigma Agriscience indicates that it has manufacturing plants in both Winnsboro and Boling. It said it is North America’s leading manufacturer of high quality organic granular fertilizers, providing products to agriculture, nursery, orchard, turf, and landscape markets from all over the US to Mexico, Central and South America, Europe, and Asia.