Valley Proteins Finally Rebuilding after 2002 Fire Destroyed Maryland Plant

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Privately held rendering company, Valley Proteins Incorporated (Winchester, Virginia) has finally received insurance settlement money and is preparing to rebuild after a devastating fire destroyed their rendering plant in Baltimore, Maryland.

The plant, located at 1515 Open Street in Baltimore, will be totally re-constructed beginning with a new 6,300 square foot building to house a new continuous cooking system that will process waste meat and meat products into animal fats and oils used as additives in pet foods.

Dupps Company (Germantown, Ohio), a group specializing in rendering plant equipment, will install the new cooking and processing equipment and Gardner and Gardner Construction (Baltimore, Maryland) will construct the building.

The $5 million project is scheduled to kick-off within the next five to ten days and its expected to take about four to five months to complete the project.

Valley Proteins Incorporated is a major rendering company operating plants in seven states. The company gathers inedible waste from slaughtering operations, as well as used cooking grease from restaurants and turns the waste products into liquid fats and protein meals for use by industry and animal-feed makers.