Food Processing - May 2008 - (Page 46)

PL ANT OPER ATIONS lion middle-class consumers. Within 20 years China will have purchasing power parity equal to the U.S., and in 30 years will surpass it.” Rice warns that, even if a company is a world leader in its niche, it soon will lose that lead by ignoring China. Tyson started working with China in 1991 exporting chicken and chicken parts to China. The company recognized early on that product considered waste, such as chicken feet and wing tips, were prized in China. In a normal business year for the poultry industry, one quarter of the proﬁts is derived from exports to China, Rice notes. The company quickly moved into building plants there, to serve both domestic and global needs. “Inside China, we have a processing facility for nuggets and patties for global customers, and a pork processing plant The standards Rich Products sets for itself in the U.S. are the same standards it follows everywhere in Shanghai for primarily domestic consumpelse. An early believer in overseas manufacturing, Rich’s opened this Suzhou, China, facility in 1998. It tion,” says Rice. produces non-dairy topping and icing products for customers throughout Asia. Tyson is starting a fully integrated poultry “China’s economic growth, at 10 percent yearly, ‘times’ the operation – “from egg to table” – outside of Shanghai. It will population base equals the greatest economic boom in the his- be the ﬁ rst built for operation at the highest hygiene level and tory of humankind,” Rice exclaims. “China moved 300 million will provide raw chicken in tray-packs, increasing average shelfpeople out of poverty [in a short time] and created 100 mil- life of chicken from 24 hours to 14 days. We Rent Solutions Cooling Heating Dehumidiﬁcation Rental Experts We keep food processing plants running at peak capacity. Don’t let temperature or humidity control problems degrade production rates or quality. Our engineers speak your technical language. Chillers Cooling Towers Pumps Heat Exchangers Air Conditioners Spot Coolers Air Handlers Dehumidifiers Heaters Boilers Generators 800-586-8336 CarrierRentals.com 46 • FOOD PROCESSING MAY 2008 We are the rental cooling, heating and dehumidiﬁcation experts. WWW.FOODPROCESSING.COM http://CarrierRentals.com http://CarrierRentals.com http://www.foodprocessing.com

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Food Processing - May 2008 Editor’s Plate NewsBites The Trends Rollout Food Biz Kids Product Developer turned Bean Counter The top-selling new products of 2007 The open road Back to the Big Easy Managing the global plant A new column with answers to your plant-fl oor questions New Supplier Products Toops Scoops

Food Processing - May 2008

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