The original factory, designed and constructed by Fletcher and Stewart, had a rated milling capacity of 80 tons of cane per hour (tch) which translated to 45,000 tons of sugar per year. The first bag of sugar rolled from the conveyor line on July 1, 1973, just one year after the Factory was constructed. The Factory had provision for expansion of its crushing capacity to 125 tch (75,000 tons of sugar per year). It was originally intended to implement this expansion during the 1978/79 financial year but owing to the Company’s good performance, the Government brought forward the expansion program to 1975/76. Milling at 125 tch rate began in July, 1976.