Hong Kong-based pork supplying giant WH Group said that its subsidiary Smithfield Foods will acquire 100% stake of two Romanian packaged meats manufacturers Elit and Vericom for an undisclosed price. The acquisition will further expand ...
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The Ontario Government is helping pork processor Conestoga Meat Packers to expand local production and bring 170 new jobs to Waterloo Region. The government is investing up to C$5.3m ($4.35m) as part of its C$2.7bn ($2.2bn) Jobs and ...
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Pork processor Moon Ridge Foods has opened its new pork processing plant in Pleasant Hope in the US state of Missouri. Operations in the pork processing plant are scheduled to start in mid-September this year. The plant will be Moon ...
Seaboard Foods and Triumph Foods have formed a joint venture to construct a new pork processing facility in Sioux City, Iowa. The site work is expected to begin this summer and construction wil be completed by July 2017. The plant is ...
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Beef and pork processor JBS USA is planning to invest around $75m in the expansion of its beef processing complex in Hyrum, Utah. Work under the expansion includes the construction of new fabrication building, ground beef facility and ...
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Smithfield Farmland, a subsidiary of US-based pork processor and hog producer Smithfield Foods, has expanded its product portfolio with the introduction of new fresh pork line. Available under Smithfield and Farmland brand names, the ...
US pork processor Smithfield Foods has halted hog slaughter operations at its pork processing facility in Tar Heel,North Carolina,over Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus(PEDv). The Tar Heel site has shortened the slaughter operations ...
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Shuanghui International, a Chinese food giant, is seeking to raise up to $6bn through an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong in the second quarter of 2014. The Chinese firm recently acquired US-based hog and pork processor ...
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Karro Food, a UK-based pork processor, has ceased its slaughter and butchery operations at its Wiveliscombe site in Somerset, putting 93 jobs at risk. The move follows an extensive review of the company's operations with staff and trade ...
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Alfa, a Mexican conglomerate engaged in car parts and petrochemicals, is looking at options to launch an initial public offering (IPO) for its processed foods division Sigma Alimentos. Sigma produces dairy and meat products under Fud and ...
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Shuanghui International has acquired a US pork processor Smithfield Foods in an all-cash deal valued at $7.1bn, which includes the assumption of net debt. The deal received approval from Smithfield's shareholders at a special meeting held ...
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Conestoga Meat Packers, a Breslau, Ontario-based pork processor, is set to boost production capacity of its facility in the Kitchener-Waterloo region by one-third, while creating 100 new jobs. The company will invest more than C$14m ...
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UK-based pork products supplier Karro Food has secured a new £60m funding from finance firm GE Capital to invest further in its operations and strengthen its presence in the market. This development comes after Karro Food carried ...
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UK-based pork processor Karro Food plans to shut down slaughter and butchery operations at Wiveliscombe site in Somerset, a move which will result in 113 job losses. The company stated that the development is part of a strategic review of ...
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US-based pork producer and processor Smithfield Foods has reported a 62.6% decline in net earnings to $29.7m for the fourth quarter of 2013, compared with $79.5m for the same period a year ago due to rise in feed costs and decline in hog ...
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