Olymel pronounces closure of red meat and poultry processing crops


Vegetation in Ontario and Quebec to near


calendar icon 15 September 2023

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Olymel control made a sequence of bulletins this week as a part of measures to reorganise its trade strains and optimise operations at its amenities, consistent with a company-issued press liberate.

In Quebec’s contemporary red meat sector, Olymel control introduced the closure of its boning and packaging plant in Princeville, Centre-du-Québec. 

The closure affects 301 workers. They have got been given 16 weeks’ realize of termination. The corporate is rolling out a plan for individuals who need to be relocated inside the corporation.

The plant will stop operations on November 10. 

“Nowadays greater than ever, it is vital to proceed to reconsider our organisation with a purpose to optimise all of our actions,” stated Yanick Gervais, president and CEO of Olymel. “The contemporary red meat trade is slowly getting again on course after two years of tumult that pressured us to reorganise our operations.”

“We explored more than a few avenues for the Princeville plant, however we discovered that its operations may well be treated in our 3 slaughtering, slicing and boning crops, particularly in St-Esprit, within the Lanaudière area, in Yamachiche, in Mauricie and in Ange-Gardien, in Montérégie West,” he added. “It’s with reluctance that we announce nowadays the everlasting closure of the Princeville manufacturing unit. This choice, tough however important, is a part of Olymel’s want to proceed our efforts to go back to profitability within the sector, for the good thing about our complete organisation.”

Paris, Ontario poultry additional processing plant to near

Olymel control has additionally introduced the closure of its poultry additional processing plant in Paris, Ontario. 

The closure affects 93 workers. The ultimate date for cessation of operations is about for December 22. Staff who need to stick with Olymel will probably be given the choice to join a relocation program so they may be able to proceed running at different corporation crops positioned within the area, inside of Ontario.

The closure of the Paris plant signifies that its operations will probably be consolidated with the ones of the Oakville plant, additionally in Ontario, about 75 kilometres away. Within the coming weeks, refurbishment paintings will start on the Oakville plant, the place some of the two manufacturing strains recently based totally in Paris will probably be put in. The paintings would require an funding of $8 million and, as soon as finished, will create 62 new jobs, bringing the full quantity on the plant to 180. The Orenda plant in Brampton can even see its actions develop as a part of the restructuring, in particular in tumbling.

“With the Paris and Oakville crops each working within the poultry additional processing sector and positioned a brief distance aside, Olymel discovered itself working two crops that had been running underneath their respective capacities,” defined Gervais. “Consolidating the operations of the 2 crops in Oakville will put an finish to this example and generate important positive factors in potency and financial savings, in addition to sure results for the Orenda poultry additional processing plant in Brampton and the Sainte-Rosalie plant in Montérégie Est, Quebec.”



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