Tyson to Upgrade Missouri Poultry Plant

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Tyson Foods Incorporated (NYSE:TSN)(Springdale, Arkansas) is planning an upgrade project at its poultry processing plant in Sedalia, Missouri.

The estimated $2 million upgrade comes in the form of two equipment installations and upgrade projects. On the plant's #3 cooking line, plans are to install a new spiral freezer onto the end of the process to update the line's antiquated product freezing system. The new spiral freezer is expected to be delivered to the plant on July 31 of this year and plant management expects the new system to be operational by August 16.

The other upgrade project will occur within the plant's de-boning department.

Six new de-boning machines manufactured by Stork, will arrive at the plant in early September and are scheduled to be operational by September 20.

The Sedalia plant, which employs about 1,800 people, slaughters greater than one million birds per week into cooked and case-ready poultry products. The Sedalia plant was in the news last year, after Tyson pleaded guilty in federal court in Kansas City to 20 felony violations of the federal Clean Water Act. Tyson agreed to pay $7.5 million to the United States and the state of Missouri for the violations.

Tyson Foods, Incorporated was founded in 1935 and is the world's largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef, and pork, and is the second largest food company in the Fortune 500. Tyson Foods produces a wide variety of brand-name protein-based and prepared food products marketed in the United States and more than 80 countries around the world. Tyson Foods is the recognized market leader in the retail and foodservice markets it serves. The Company has approximately 120,000 team members and 300 facilities and offices in 26 states and 22 countries.

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