Cargill Texas facility gets $6.1 million in energy improvements
A recent $6.1 million investment by Cargill to upgrade an aging boiler system at the company’s Plainview, Texas, beef processing facility has increased efficiency, reduced energy consumption and added steam capacity that will enable the facility to grow and expand product offerings to customers, both present and future. New boiler system efficiency at Plainview has reached 92%, an improvement of 19% over the aging system it replaced. This is the latest of more than $50 million invested by Cargill in processing plant efficiency projects at Plainview over the past five years.
“Our Plainview beef processing facility is now positioned to better meet current and future customer needs,” stated Jim Rathke, vice president and general manager at Plainview. “This boiler system upgrade will enable us to do it in a more energy efficient and environmentally friendly way. Improvements such as this allow us to remain competitive while helping us to achieve our goal for becoming an ever-more-sustainable business.”