Meat + Poultry - September 2005 - 39
Triumph Foods
Workers finish construction on an expansive
cafeteria at the Triumph Foods plant and
headquarters facility.
(Photo by Ben McCall)
put a project the size of the
Triumph plant over budget in the blink of an eye.
"The fresh pork business
is a commodity business,
and therefore, we have an
obligation to our shareholders to ensure we both build
our facility competitively
and operate it competitively.
We have weathered the challenges of rising construction material costs, and the
project remains on budget,"
Campbell says.
The proximity of the
plant to its electricity and steam provider, which is about 300 yards away,
has helped simplify accessing some of
the facility utilities. Natural gas is delivered from Missouri Gas Energy and
water from Missouri American Water
Co. Campbell says the plant's design
and planned efficiency minimizes use
of these resources.
With the completion of the plant in
St. Joseph, Triumph Foods officials
have no intentions of resting on its
laurels and have already began looking
ahead. The company plans to continually improve the St. Joseph plant and
has reportedly begun investigating
sites for an additional plant in the
future. "I am confident that we will
continuously make improvements in
the facility to incorporate technologies
that will add value for our customers
and shareholders," Campbell says. "We
definitely intend to grow."
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