JBS S.A.

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name = JBS - Friboi

type = Public(Bovespa JBSS3)
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foundation = 1953
founder = flagicon|Brazil Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
location_city = flagicon|Brazil São Paulo
location_country = Brazil
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industry = Meat Processing
products = Food and Beverages
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revenue = profit $7.9 billion USD (2007)
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homepage = http://www.jbs.com.br/default.aspx|www.jbs.com.br
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JBS S.A. is a Brazilian meat processing corporation and became the biggest meat processing company in 2007 [JBS -Friboi, "Historia", http://www.jbs.com.br/default.aspx?pagid=KSDFNNUK&navide=on&navid=261] . It was founded as "Casa de Carne Mineira" in 1953 by José Batista Sobrinho, better known as Zé Mineiro, in Anápolis in the Brazilian state of Goias [JBS -Friboi, "Historia", http://www.jbs.com.br/default.aspx?pagid=KSDFNNUK&navide=on&navid=261] . JBS has eight facilities in the United States, six in Argentina, twenty-three in Brazil, and four in Australia [JBS -Friboi, "Localidades", http://www.jbs.com.br/default.aspx?pagid=LJHHQMQQ&navide=on&navid=263] . JBS has nearly 40,000 employees. From the four countries where the company has facilities, JBS exports beef and other meat products to every nation in the world [JBS -Friboi, "Quem Somos", http://www.jbs.com.br/default.aspx?pagid=LKDHROVM&navide=on&navid=262] .

JBS S.A. is parent company to several other meat brands and companies including Swift & Company, which it acquired in 2007 [Infusion News, "JBS S.A. Completes Acquisition of Swift & Company", http://www.in-foodservice.com//News/80506/JBS-S-A-Completes-Acquisition-of-Swift-Company.htm] , and National Beef Packing Company, acquired from U.S Premium Beef [Reuters News, "JBS, the new U.S. beef giant, expects deals to pass", http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN0561711120080305?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews] ["The Liberal" (KS) "Light", "National Beef to Sell to JBS S.A.", 13March2008, p. 1] . JBS has also expressed intent to acquire Five Rivers Ranch Cattle Feeding Company, prompting 72 U.S. organizations to urge the United States Department of Justice to "scrutinize the merger, issue a second request (for more information from JBS), and strongly consider blocking the deal" ["North Platte" (NE) "Bulletin", "To Justice Dept: Brazil beef packer would harm U.S.", http://www.northplattebulletin.com/index.asp?show=news&action=readStory&storyID=14211&pageID=29] .

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External links

* [http://www.jbs.com.br/default.aspx Official Corporate Site] , in Portuguese.