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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.
by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Jun 5, 2024
Phase I is set to go live in December, followed by a transformative 550,000-square-foot Phase II expansion. The project offers an "excellent alternative" to the tight Dallas-Fort Worth data center market, according to the company's Wylie-based CEO.
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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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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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