Wayne Farms Chicken Processing Plant, Decatur, AL, USA
Key Data:
Construction started
New chicken processing lines - August 2003; new processing facility - 3Q 2004
Location
Decatur, Alabama, USA
Estimated investment
New lines - $25.4 million; new facility - $55 million
Production
Cooked chicken products (40 million lb/yr from the expansion and the same from the new facility)
Completion
Expansion of production lines - May and July 2004; new facility second and third phases - 2006 to 2011
Key Players:
Sponsors
Wayne Farms, ContiGroup Cos Inc
Design and engineering
Vaughn Coltrane Pharr and Associates
Lead contractors
Turner Universal, FMC, Frigoscandia, Allen, Stein, Infor, FMC LINK system
Management systems
Infor supply chain planning suite, Intelliship logistics management program, Introspec system
Financing
Wayne Farms, ContiGroup Cos. Inc, tax incentives from Alabama State and Morgan County
