Fruit Growers Supply Company Invests in Yreka and Ontario Communities

VALENCIA, Calif., Feb. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Fruit Growers Supply Company ("FGS") announced today that it was approved as a recipient of a "California Competes Tax Credit" in recognition of its investment in growing jobs and commerce within the state by building a sawmill in Yreka and expanding its corrugated box manufacturing plant in Ontario. 

"FGS is proud to be reinvesting in its infrastructure, its employees and the communities that support its operations, and to have the state recognize this reinvestment through the granting of the tax credit," commented Mark H. Lindgren, President and CEO of FGS.

The Ontario expansion will bring new technology and capabilities to FGS's corrugated box manufacturing plant, and create additional capabilities to serve customers.

The sawmill will be the first mill built in the state in over 30 years. Situated 50 miles south of the California/Oregon border, the "small log"/"top wood" mill in Yreka will utilize the tops of trees that are often discarded during the standard logging process.

About Fruit Growers Supply Company

Fruit Growers Supply Company is an agricultural supply cooperative incorporated in 1907 to supply citrus growers with harvesting supplies and packaging to get their fruit to the market. Today, the company owns and operates a corrugated box manufacturing plant, a wood pallet manufacturing plant, a wax coatings manufacturing plant, local retail stores in California and Arizona, and over 300,000 acres of timberlands in California, Oregon and Washington. All of these facilities and assets are there to serve not only the company's member growers and packinghouses, but also the agricultural industry as a whole.

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SOURCE Fruit Growers Supply