A recent $6.1 million investment by Cargill to upgrade an aging boiler system at the company’s Plainview, Texas, beef processing facility has increased efficiency, reduced energy consumption and added steam capacity.
A facility wide investment in the most efficient fluorescent lighting available is providing better quality lighting, reducing utility costs and lowering annual electricity usage by more than 2 million kilowatt hours.
Peco Foods is a fully integrated poultry processing and packaging company—the 13th-largest poultry processor in the United States —headquartered in Tuscaloosa, Ala., with additional facilities spread throughout Mississippi and Alabama.