Kraft Foods will invest more than $10 million to improve its cream cheese manufacturing plant in Lowville, N.Y. In return, Kraft will receive a state grant of up to 950-thousand dollars to assist in the purchase of machinery, equipment and related facility improvements. The announcement was made last week by New York Lt. Gov. Mary Donohue.

The company plans to reconfigure a packaging line at the facility, install advanced waste treatment technologies, and upgrade electrical service to allow for increased peak electrical demand.

The Lowville plant is Kraft Foods’ largest cream cheese manufacturing plant, processing more than 300 million pounds of milk annually — supplied entirely by a cooperative of more than 200 local dairy farms. It has 279 full-time and 53 part-time employees.