He’s a Heisman Trophy winner and former running back for the Detroit Lions, but Billy Sims might also soon add owner of a milk powder processing plant to his list.
Sims, owner of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based American Chinese Canadian Russian Investment Firm, is in talks with Bay County and state officials about establishing a processing plant and operation that would ship milk powder to Asia.The Michigan Economic Development Corp. initially directed Sims toward Bay City, according to an article by Andrew Dodson on M Live, but Sims said it doesn’t have a large enough facility for the type of plant he wants to open.
The former football star did not say what size of plant he wants to open or how much land the operation would require, “but has since been in talks with Bangor Township Supervisor Terry Watson about opening the business in the southern Bay County township,” the article reads.
Watson said Bangor Township can handle large distribution of the product and is actively promoting its infrastructure to attract business.
“In addition to processing powder milk,” according to the article, “Sims' business is also looking to purchase powder from the Michigan Milk Producers Association, a cooperative of dairy farmers across Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin, which produces 4 billion pounds of milk annually.” PD
—Summarized by PD staff from cited source
