Pozmeat builds high-tech abattoir and meat processing plant near Poznan

The meat producing group Zaklady Miesne Pozmeat has invested $30 million in the construction of a new abattoir and processing plant in Gadki near Poznan. The firm is now finalizing the installations of the machinery and tests on the production line have begun. Pozmeat is also anxiously awaiting relevant European Union (EU) documentation to be able to export to the EU. The abattoir will handle 2,500 animals daily while the whole plant will have an output of 150 tonnes of meat products per day. The new plant would initially employ 650 but at a reduced cost of those in the Pozmeat plants in downtown Poznan where it has been decided they are too expensive to operate. The new technology is expected to boost revenue from zl. 100 million last year. (Rzeczpospolita, page B2)