meat processing

JBS USA to purchase Pipestone, MN facility from J&B Group

The pending acquisition means the facility will join JBS USA, protecting more than 130 jobs.

December 3, 2019

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JBS USA, Greeley, Colo., announced plans to lease J&B Group’s value-added meat processing facility in Pipestone, Minn.

J&B Group to sell Pipestone, MN manufacturing plant

J&B Group has owned the Pipestone meat processing plant for the past 12 years.

October 1, 2019

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J&B Group, Inc. announced plans to sell its Pipestone, Minn., manufacturing plant in order to consolidate operations by moving the Pipestone production to its St. Michael, Minn., headquarters facility, effective Nov. 22.

United Premium Foods purchases Amboy Group out of bankruptcy

Amboy Group’s 110,000-square-foot facility is USDA, FDA and SQF 2000 Level 2-certified, and includes a fully automated temperature-controlled space that uses advanced, computer-controlled automated storage and retrieval systems and EMS storage technologies.

June 18, 2019

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United Premium Foods (UPF), a Woodbridge, N.J.-based private investment group, purchased the Amboy Group, a Woodbridge, N.J.-based provider of quality meat and food products, out of bankruptcy.

Golden State Foods opens 10th innovation center

The 4,300-square-foot space innovation center consists of food manufacturing facilities servicing customers worldwide.

June 13, 2019

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Golden State Foods (GSF), Irvine, Calif., opened its 10th office space and innovation center in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood.

Wolverine Packing new meat packing facility

Wolverine Packing Co. opens state-of-the-art meat storage, packing facility

The state-of-the-art facility, build by Tippmann Innovation, Fort Wayne, Ind., is the company’s fifth processing plant.

February 8, 2019

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Wolverine Packing Co., Detroit, Mich., opened the doors to its new 180,000-square-foot meat processing and cold storage facility.

Study: Meat processing equipment market to reach $18.82B by 2025

The growth of the meat processing equipment market is driven by high consumption of processed and packaged foods.

January 23, 2019

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High demand for packaged foods and processed meat products, increased concerns for food safety, technological advancements in the food processing industry and aggrandized need for automated processing systems are expected to drive the growth of the global meat processing equipment market, according to a study released by Allied Market Research, Portland, Ore.

Smithfield Foods unveils new JROTC facility

The campus addition provides JROTC participants and instructors with needed classroom space and equipment storage for drill and competition practice.

October 4, 2018

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Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., and Isle of Wight County Schools, also based in Smithfield, Va., unveiled a new Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) fieldhouse for Smithfield High School’s JROTC program.

Golden State Foods opens meat processing plant in Opelika, AL

The facility services six McDonald's distribution centers and 2,900 McDonald's restaurants throughout the Southeast as well as four Nestlé manufacturing facilities.

July 26, 2018

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Golden State Foods (GSF), Irvine, Calif., opened the doors to its newest meat processing plant in Opelika, Ala.

State of the Industry 2018: Food safety interventions transform meat & seafood industry

Marina Mayer

July 10, 2018

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A wider use of evidence-based food safety interventions on farms and feedlots are significantly reducing the risk of people getting sick from contaminated meat and poultry.