Tiny-baby decorticators not Western Hemisphere's LARGEST decorticator
Sure, other makes and models exist, but, as of now, Hemp Inc still owner of the LARGEST hemp decorticator in western hemisphere.
That new technology is bound to have glitches and malfunctions. The tried and true is in the known industry standard. Temafa. MacTavish. The household names of industrial fiber processing, with hundreds of years of experience.
We all know it works, since the last company was using it to process kenaf. The decorticator now sits safely in Spring Hope, in complete alignment, and will need to be programmed and re-calibrated for hemp processing, along with a few minor installations like electrical and duct work. It's all ready to go.
And let's keep in mind some what it took to bring it to this point:
Completed moving the Temafa Line, the Mactavish Line, the mill and silo, and millions of pounds of Kenaf from Snow Hill, North Carolina to its 70,000 square-foot facility, on 9 acres, in Spring Hope, North Carolina
Installation of security fencing
Installation of surveillance cameras throughout the facility
Obtained all necessary permits to begin reassembling the multipurpose decortication line
Installation of new LED lighting in the manufacturing area of the plant
Temafa decortication line assembled, as well as rebuilding most of the components
Installation of cable trays throughout the facility for all electrical wiring
3-Phase power routed to the plant from Duke Energy
Access road for Duke Energy built
Installation of new fencing and security gate at access road
Installation of new 1500 KVA transformer
Purchased and installed new disconnect per National electrical code
Purchased and installed new switchgear
Installation of all electrical panels for the Temafa line
Purchased and installed new air compressor to provide machinery with compressed air
Philip Boyer joins Industrial Hemp Manufacturing, LLC (IHM) as Director of Operations and Robert (Bob) Hughes as Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Completion of cold storage unit to house seed
Renovation of a substantial portion of the interior of the decortication facility
Rebuilt milling machinery
Purchased additional milling machinery to meet anticipated demand for Hemp, Inc.'s Loss Circulation Materials (LCMs)
Purchased a new Particle Size Analyzer to provide customers with a Certificate of Analysis on each shipment
Construction completed on new laboratory to house all testing equipment
Construction of new office space
Worked with local farmers to get three, fifty-acre fields of Kenaf planted for 2016 harvest, as well as educated farmers on growing industrial hemp
David Schmitt appointed to the North Carolina Industrial Hemp Associations' (NCIHA) Board of Directors
David Schmitt served as HempX's (an industry conference in Asheville, NC) keynote speaker
David Schmitt, spoke at the Progressive 15 Hemp Expo in Akron, Colorado, held Monday, December 14, 2015, to help educate farmers on growing and processing industrial hemp. During the ten-minute presentation given by Schmitt, he updated and informed attendees and other panel members on Hemp, Inc.'s progress of its decortication facility (Hemp, Inc.'s biggest asset) in Spring Hope, North Carolina and the planned revenue generator for the company. He also discussed processing industrial hemp in North Carolina.
Hemp, Inc. played an integral role with NCIHA passing legislation (Senate Bill 313) approving Industrial Hemp in North Carolina, which became law on October 31, 2015
Began running the electrical wiring for all of the machinery
Engineering work completed on the foundation for the 60-foot tall silo used to hold the LCM product after the milling process, prior to packaging
Purchased and began reconstruction of a portable decortication unit to be deployed to such states as California, Oregon, and Colorado for farmers to grow Kenaf
Those other guys might be doing hundred acres here and there. But Hemp Inc setting up for tens of thousands of acres. Economies of scale always wins.
Whether it's WalMart or Kroger, or Daimler to Adidas, hemp is coming.
