Articles Tagged with ''meat processing''

New York private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) announced plans to acquire Kalle GmbH, a Germany-based manufacturer of artificial casings for the meat processing industry.

Hilary’s, Anaheim, Calif., expanded its veggie burger and veggie bites offerings.

Cargill, Inc., Minneapolis, acquired FPL Food’s ground beef processing plant in Columbia, S.C.

Golden State Foods, Irvine, Calif., broke ground on a new 165,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art meat processing facility in Opelika, Ala.

AdvancePierre Foods opened a customer innovation and research center, a combination of lab space and meeting rooms that brings the R&D food labs and test kitchens to customers.

Cargill is investing $111 million to convert its Columbus, Neb., ground beef plant to a cooked meats facility and relocate current ground beef production to existing processing facilities at Butler, Wis., and Forth Worth, Texas.

JBS USA Pork, Greeley, Colo., entered into an agreement with Cargill, Wichita, Kan., to acquire the company’s U.S.-based pork business.

Smithfield Foods, Inc., a Smithfield, Va., wholly owned subsidiary of WH Group Ltd. based in Hong Kong, announced the sale of its entire equity interest in Campofrio Food Group, Spain, to Alfa for $354 million in cash.

Smithfield Foods, Smithfield, Va., ranked No. 1 in water management among leading meat companies in a new report from Boston-based business sustainability organization Ceres.

Cargill's Hazleton, Pa., meat processing facility received landfill-free status, making it the company’s first plant to accrue this achievement.