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Smithfield Foods to Close Altoona, Iowa, Facility
Production to be consolidated to other Smithfield facilities to increase efficiencies
Smithfield Foods will close its Altoona, Iowa, ham boning facility and consolidate production volume at other locations to improve the efficiency of its manufacturing platform.
Smithfield will provide transition assistance to 314 employees at the facility who will be affected by the closure. The company will meet with employees individually to provide additional details about the transition plan, including severance, financial incentives to assure business continuity and potential employment opportunities with Smithfield.
“We appreciate the good work our Altoona employees have...
Olymel to Close Quebec Processing Facility Focused on Poultry
Canadian meat processor Olymel announced last Friday the definitive closure of its Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu plant as of 19 July.
The plant had mainly processed poultry products, although it also made a small number of pork products.
“This decision comes against a backdrop of falling production volumes, which has led the plant to operate at only 40% of its operational capacity,” explained the company. “A reorganization of production within the Olymel family will enable operations to be redeployed to neighbouring plants with residual capacity to handle these volumes.”...
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