JBS USA has completed the expansion work on its Hyrum, Utah, beef processing complex that will allow the company to boost production by more than 400 head of cattle a day and increase product offerings, according to a report in The Herald Journal.
Employees toured the new facilities on Monday, the report said. The $75-million expansion project added new fabrication and ground beef facilities and a distribution center to the plant, which JBS purchased in 2007. The company has said the expansion would create about 120 new jobs.
The plant was originally built in 1936 by E.A. Miller Meat & Livestock Co. and processed nearly a half million head of cattle per year, with about 20 percent of its production exported to countries including Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Mexico.