Brazilian-American Capital and Investment Exchange Analysis
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III. JBS
Sector
Food
Start of operations in the USA
2007
Presence in USA
Texas, Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma,
Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, California, Minnesota, Iowa,
Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee,
Florida, Georgia, West Virginia, Virginia and Alabama
JBS
New investment decision and implementation plan
In 2008, Fitesa decided to reinvest in the American market
and establish a new industrial plant. The chosen strategy was
to set up a joint venture with Fiberweb. The joint venture was
established in 2009, to operate across the Americas.
In 2011, Fitesa acquired Fiberweb's nonwoven fabric hygiene
product assets in Europe, North America and China, as well
as its 50% stake in the established joint venture. This made
Fitesa the world's second largest maker of spunmelt nonwoven
products for the disposable hygiene product market.
In 2014, the company set up a new spunbond nonwoven
fabric production line in Simpsonville, South Carolina,
expanding its installed capacity in the USA as well as its
market presence and employment in the country.
The company
JBS S.A. is a food company with a 61-year track record, and
a glo-bal leader in animal protein processing. Operating in
more than 20 countries, the company serves a base of over
300,000 customers in more than 150 countries through a
varied portfolio of products and brands.
Headquartered in Brazil, JBS has more than 216,000
employees in production platforms and commercial offices.
The company's structure encompasses beef, pork, lamb,
poultry and hide processing plants, as well as intensive cattle
and lamb farming units.
JBS' main customers are retail chains, wholesale clubs and
food service sector firms - restaurants, hotels, catering service
distributors and complementary processing companies.
In addition to the food sector, the company also operates in
sectors related to hygiene and cleaning products, collagen,
metal and other packaging, biodiesel, vegetables, transport,
waste management and recycling.
Global leadership in animal protein
With annual net revenues of R$120.5 billion, JBS is among the
world's largest animal protein companies, positioned as the
global leader in beef processing and exports, with operations
in Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Canada, the United States,
Paraguay and Uruguay, and able to process 100,000 cattle
per day. The world leader in hide curing, with operations in
Brazil, Argentina, Australia, South Africa, Germany, China,
the United States, Mexico and Uruguay, it has the potential
to produce more than 100,000 hides a day. JBS is also the
global leader in chicken processing, with operations in the
United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Brazil, capable of
processing 13 million chickens per day. It is also the third
largest pork processing company in the United States and one
of the biggest in Brazil, able to process 72,800 pigs per day.
In addition, JBS stands out in the processing and export of
lambs, with operations in the United States and Australia and
the capacity to process 20,500 lambs per day. It also makes
pork and lamb-based processed goods, with the capacity for
80,000 metric tons per month.
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