Cargill announces significant investments in Thailand, Kansas processing plants
Cargill plans to invest $48 million in a new automated order distribution system at its Dodge City, Kan., beef-processing facility, the company announced in a release. Construction will begin during the fourth quarter of calendar 2013, with the new system scheduled to be operational by spring 2015. The new order distribution system, capable of holding approximately 155,000 boxes of beef, will be housed in a new 62,000-square-foot building specifically constructed for that purpose. This will increase boxed beef capacity at Dodge City by 130,000 boxes.
“This new distribution system will benefit our customers by improving order accuracy and on-time delivery, in addition to providing better capability to handle the ever-increasing complexity of product offerings shipped to domestic and international markets,” said John Keating, president of Wichita, Kan.-based Cargill Beef. “Installation of this new system will help us better meet our customers’ expectations, something we have demonstrated as a core competency through similar investments made in recent years at our Schuyler, Neb.; Friona, Texas; and High River, Alberta, Canada, beef processing plants.”