The Plattling plant was commissioned in 1961 and is one of Germany's largest sugar mills. During the campaign, 15,000 tonnes of beets are processed per day. This makes Plattling one of Südzucker's top factories.

The factory operates twenty-four hours per day during the campaign, which lasts from the end of September to the end of December. Every day, 1,700 tonnes of sugar and 1,000 tonnes of the intermediate product beet syrup are produced at the plant. In other words, on average, the annual requirements of one German citizen are met every two seconds. The plant's production output is thereby able to satisfy the needs of six million consumers. The silos can hold 77,000 tonnes of sugar. In addition, the intermediate product beet syrup is stored in large tanks having a capacity of up to 140,000 m³, which is subsequently converted to sugar during the beet syrup campaign in the spring.

Sugar is bundled year-round in various-size packages. For example, the popular 1-kg packages for household use are handled by the Plattling facility. Two special products, icing sugar and jam sugar, are also made at the plant.

During the campaign, about 200 people are employed at the plant. The number drops to 180 the rest of the time. Most are specialists qualified to handle the sugar extraction equipment, as well as repair and maintain the sophisticated technical systems.

About 3,240 farmers plant sugar beets on an area of 23,600 hectares for the factory. The area covered stretches from Regensburg on the Danube down to Passau, and in upper Bavaria to the Chiemsee. The sugar beet fields are primarily located in the counties of Deggendorf, Straubing, Regensburg and Dingolfing, where the soil is rich. The delivered sugar beets are inspected for quality and sugar content. Südzucker and the farmers have worked as a team to successfully improve the economics and environmental soundness of beet cultivation, and their efforts are widely recognized. The farmers cultivate and are paid for the supplied beets under contract to Südzucker. The agreements are largely defined by the EU sugar market regulations.