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IV. EMC²
JBS has processing platforms in the major animal protein
production countries, giving it geographical diversity,
operational flexibility and risk mitigation in terms of any
sanitary restrictions or trade barriers. To serve its many
different kinds of customers, JBS has an extensive national
and international sales and distribution network, as well as
distribution centers and commercial offices in the world's
main consuming regions.
JBS in the United States
Over the course of its history, JBS has made a number
of major acquisitions in the United States, including of
Swift, Smithfield Beef, Five Rivers and Pilgrim's Pride.
These acquisitions have enabled substantial growth in the
company's earnings, as it has successfully turned around,
integrated and managed the acquired firms, harnessing
synergies and generating rapid efficiency gains.
JBS' presence in the United States may be illustrated by the
following figures:
In beef production, the company has nine beef processing
plants, 11 intensive farming units, one tannery and six
logistics facilities in the USA, spread across the states of
Texas, Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. The
company's operating platform in the United States is
capable of processing 28,000 cattle and 5,000 hides per
day, and its intensive farming units can accommodate 1
million cattle.
Regarding pork and lamb production, JBS has three pork
processing plants and one lamb processing unit in the United
States, as well as two ready meal processing facilities in the
states of California, Colorado, Minnesota, Iowa, Kentucky
and North Carolina. The operating platform is able to process
more than 51,000 pigs and 3,000 lambs per day, as well as
producing a variety of products such as pork ribs, boneless
ribs, filet mignon and boneless chops for the Swift Premium,
Swift and La Herencia brands.
JBS' poultry production in the United States involves 24
poultry processing units and five ready meal production
plants in the states of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Alabama, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, as well as Puerto Rico.
The operating platform can process 6.5 million poultry per day
and operates various poultry incubators and a feed plant.
In all, JBS operations in the United States generated more
than 65,000 direct jobs in 2014.
Sector
Start of operations in Brazil
Presence in Brazil
The company
Information Technology
2008
EMC²
Rio de Janeiro
EMC² Corporation is a global leader in helping service
providers and companies in general to transform their
operations and offer IT as a service. Cloud computing is
essential to this transformation. With innovative products and
services, EMC² is accelerating the shift to cloud computing,
helping IT departments store, manage, protect and analyze
their most valuable asset - information – in a faster, more
reliable and cheaper way.
EMC² employs approximately 60,000 people in 86 countries.
It has the world's largest sales and service team focused on
information infrastructure, and works in conjunction with a
global network spanning technology, outsourcing, system
integration, services and distribution partners. The company
is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock
symbol EMC, and is part of the S&P 500 index. EMC² ranks
139th on the Fortune 500 list and had announced revenues
of US$23.2 billion in 2013 - its highest annual revenue in its
history of over 34 years. In 2012, EMC² was included once
again in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), which
tracks the financial performance of major companies in terms
of sustainability. EMC² is at the top of rankings of the best
places to work at.
EMC2 in Brazil
EMC² began selling its products in Brazil in 1996, and started
manufacturing and conducting R&D in the country in 2008. In
2011, the company announced plans to open a new R&D center
in Brazil focused on Big Data analysis. EMC² also works actively
with leading Brazilian universities, 90 of which are partners in
the EMC² Academic Alliance. The company has offices in São
Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília, among other cities.
About the EMC² Big Data Research & Development Center
The company's Big Data Research & Development Center is
located in Rio de Janeiro, within the Federal University of Rio
de Janeiro (UFRJ) Technology Park. Opened in May 2014, its
establishment is part of a US$100 million R&D investment
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