After the milk and wheat, ABC industrializes pigs

Partners in production and processing of wheat and milk, the three cooperatives that comprise the ABC of Campos Gerais – Capal (Dubai), Batavo (Carambeí) and Paraná (Castro) – anticipate the beginning of meat processing in four months. Has just been announced the beginning of the operations of the Industrial Unit of Castro.
Investment resets the profile of agricultural production in the Campos Gerais and accentuates the piggybacking, which enabled the Batavo and Paraná exceed revenues of R $ 1 billion per year in this decade. The industry produces pork.
The Glad brand promises to become known in the supermarkets of Curitiba and São Paulo. According to the Superintendent of the new industry, Jish Durigon, the premiere last week, is with the production of castings. From February, will be sold also cuts. The distribution of industrial products begins in May.
The works were initiated in 2013 and the tests were planned for April this year. The start of production occurs before the announced at a time when the pig market has high prices by internal and external demand and the limited production nationwide. The project must produce, in addition to meat, ham, bacon, salami, sausages, smoked and seasoned.
Intercooperation
The expectation is that pork will strengthen the relationship between the cooperatives of Dutch origin. "Now we are living the real mutual cooperation," says the President of Capa, Erik Bosch. The trend became inter-cooperation, points out the President of Bata, Renato Greidanus. The creation of business units precedes deployment of industries, says Hendrik Borg, Director of the Paraná.
The unit will take 300 pigs per hour (50 thousand per month or 600 k a year) and will have 600 employees, with an investment of R $ 200 million. The index is of three direct jobs per $ 1 million invested. Also in this decade, the culling should reach 4.6 thousand a day.