Marfrig

Marfrig
Marfrig Alimentos S/A
Type Sociedade Anônima
Traded as BM&F Bovespa: MRFG3
Industry Food Processing
Founded (2000)
Headquarters São Paulo, Brazil
Key people Marcos Antonio Molina dos Santos, (CEO)
Products Foods & Beverages
Revenue increase US$ 14.4 Billion (2010) [1]
Net income decrease US$ 92.6 Million (2010) [2]
Employees 85.900
Subsidiaries Keystone Foods, Seara Alimentos
Website www.marfrig.com.br

Marfrig (BM&F Bovespa: MRFG3) is the third biggest Brazilian food processing company, after JBS and Brasil Foods. The company and its main competitors is headquartered in Sao Paulo.

The company has an operational base in 22 countries exporting to over 100, and is the fourth largest beef producer in the world.

Marfrig have positions in some countries where it operates, being the largest company of beef from Argentina, the largest non-state and the Uruguay largest poultry processor in the United Kingdom.

The Marfrig have now about 90 000 employees and has the following structure of units: 33 units of cattle industry (24 in Brazil, five in Argentina and Uruguay 4), 21 industrial units of chickens (14 in Brazil, 4 in Europe and 3 in USA), 48 plants for industrial goods and processed (16 in Brazil, five in Argentina, Uruguay 3, 8 U.S., 1 in China, one in Thailand, one in Malaysia, one in South Korea, one in Australia and 11 in Europe), 4 industrial pig units in Brazil, two industrial units of turkeys (one in Brazil and one in Europe), five plants of lambs (one in Brazil, Uruguay 3 and 1 in Chile), 27 own factories of feed for chickens, turkeys and pigs (21 in Brazil, three in Europe and three in the U.S.) and two trading companies (Chile and the United Kingdom), 14 industries and commercial offices leather (1 in Brazil, Uruguay 4, 1 China, one in Germany, two in the U.S., one in Argentina, one in Mexico and three in South Africa). The daily capacity is 31,200 head of cattle, 10,400 pigs, 10,400 sheep, 35.0000 turkeys and 3.7 million chickens. In addition, the Company has an installed capacity of approximately 126 000 tons of processed products, and more than 178,500 pieces of leather processed per month. In June 2010, it announced the acquisition of Keystone Foods, one of the most important undertaken by the Group. Keystone is a leading supplier in the world of processed meats for the restaurant chain McDonald's and other global companies.[3]

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