date:Nov 19, 2012
ar by July 2013, and about two million by the end of 2013, when the plants are expected to be fully operational.
Currently, the company slaughters about 12 million cattle every year.
The facilities will be located at Rolim de Moura, in the state of Rondonia; Nova Andradina in Mato Grosso do Sul; Pontes e Lacerda and Vila Rica in Mato Gross; Senador Canedo in Gois; and Castelo dos Sonhos in Par.
While three of the plants will be new, the other three are inactive facilities, which were acquired