$11.8 Million Upgrade Means More Jobs at Maple Leaf's Burlington Plant.BURLINGTON, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1998--Maple Leaf Foods (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :MFI MFI Microfinance Institution MFI Money Flow Index MFI Melt Flow Index MFI Median Family Income MFI Malaria Foundation International MFI Massachusetts Family Institute MFI Multi-port Fuel Injection (automobile) .) (ME:MFI.) today announced that Maple Leaf maple leaf of Canada. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 283] See : Flower Or Plant, National Pork will add 69 net new jobs to the existing 793 at its Burlington pork processing plant as a result of a $11.8 million expansion. "This is the first phase of fulfilling our commitment to invest in this facility, and supports our goal of building a world-class pork processing industry in Canada," said Patrick Jones, president of Maple Leaf Pork. The plant upgrade will increase line capacity to process hogs more efficiently. Currently, 35,000 hogs a week go through the plant. With the changes to the line, 8,500 additional hogs a week will be processed. The reconfiguration starts in October 1998 and will take seven months to complete. There will be no production downtime in order to complete the upgrade. Maple Leaf Pork is a division of Maple Leaf Foods Maple Leaf Foods TSX: MFI is a major Canadian food processing company. The company was originally known as Maple Leaf. It was founded in 1927 as a merger of several major Toronto meat packers, most prominently William Davies Co. , Canada's largest food processing Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans or animals. The food processing industry utilises these processes. company with operations across Canada, in the United States, Europe and Asia. The company's products include fresh and prepared meats, poultry, fresh and frozen bakery products, seafood and animal feeds. Its products are sold to retail, food service, wholesale, agricultural and industrial customers. |
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