Central Maine Meats of Gardiner, Maine, is looking to dramatically expand its operations after receiving a $2.6 million loan guarantee package from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development. The company will be able to bring its commercial smoker online as early as May and add a value-added cutting floor. In a year, the company’s employment is expected to reach about 50, reports centralmaine.com.
Central Maine Meats has been working to close deals to supply meat to large-scale food distributors. The loan will help the company expand its operations to service new customers, as well as add operations like sheep hide tanning.