Otmuchów Sugar Mill

Otmuchów Sugar Mill is a sugar mill located in Otmuchów, Poland. The factory worked for 128 years from 1881 to 2009. It produced about 57,000 tons of sugar yearly, processing 320,000 tons of sugar beets, concetrated about 900 growers in the entire voivodeship^[1].

The sugar mill was founded in 1881^[1]. After World War II it was still active, in the reform of the nationalization of industry it was nationalized^[2].

In January 1996, the sugar mill was transformed into a sole-shareholder company of the State Treasury. Shares of the sugar mill transformed into a one-man company were transferred to the holding of Śląska Spółka Cukrowa S.A. with its registered office in Łosiowe. In April 2003, the holding company Śląska Spółka Cukrowa S.A. took over the Südzucker AG^[3][4].

At the end of February 2009, the owner of the factory announced the cease of production and the defunct of the factory. In June 2009, the factory was closed, and in 2013 it was demolished. The sugar beet yard remained after the demolition and it is now used as a drifting yard.

The sugar mill provided its rail transport in 1893 from the Otmuchów - Dziewiętlice line along with a railway stop. The factory is counted to have 6 sidings along with a weighting station. The locomotives used in the sugar mill were LDH45-012 and Ls40-5191, which as of today LDH45-012 remains displaced and Ls40-5191 put up for sale.