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Cutting the hemp ribbon at the Panda Hemp Gin in Wichita Falls, TX. (L to R:) Panda Biotech COO Scott Evans; Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller; Panda Biotech President Dixie Carter; Southern Ute Indian Tribe Chairman Melvin J. Baker; Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce CEO Ron Kitchens. [Photo credit: Shana B]

‘Father of Denim’ Joins Leaders at Hemp Ribbon-Cutting at Panda Biotech’s Huge Plant in Wichita Falls

by David Seeley | Jun 14, 2024

“We will lead the nation in industrial hemp,” Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said at the grand opening of the hemp processing facility, the second-largest on Earth. Instead of satin ribbon, a hefty length of "hemp denim" got the scissors treatment amid a crowd of city and state officials, business leaders, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe chairman, and Sasson Jeans Founder Paul Guez.

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Commercial Operations Begin at Panda Biotech’s Massive Wichita Falls Hemp Gin

by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray | Apr 3, 2024

The Panda Hemp Gin is Dallas-based Panda Biotech's landmark industrial hemp processing facility in Wichita Falls—a 500,000-square-foot building with three miles of overhead pneumatic duct lines and a 600-yard-long processing line. The gin is the first of its kind and the largest industrial hemp facility in the Western Hemisphere.

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Panda Biotech To Open One of the World’s Largest Hemp Fiber Separation Facilities in North Texas

by Lance Murray | Dec 13, 2023

The green-certified company, calling itself a "first-mover" in the emerging U.S. industrial hemp fiber and cellulose industry, is set to bring its Hemp Gin in Wichita Falls online. Eco-friendly industrial hemp has thousands of uses, from textiles and paper to building materials and cat litter.

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Dallas-Based Delta Agriculture Rebrands as a Full-Scale Industrial Hemp Supplier

by Bella Pinera | Jul 26, 2021

The company formerly known as Delta Ag Partners is launching a new hemp fiber line, making it "the nation's largest industrial producer/processor of raw hemp." It's one step closer to a carbon-negative future: Hemp, which the team calls a miracle crop, gives global manufacturers a raw good that eliminates carbon waste.

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