New Tyson plants to go online in China, Malaysia in 2023

To help meet the growing demand in overseas markets, United States-based Tyson Foods expects to have four new plants in production before the end of 2023.

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To help meet the growing demand in overseas markets, United States-based Tyson Foods expects to have four new plants in production before the end of 2023.

Tyson Foods CEO Donnie King addressed these growth projects while speaking during a media call on November 14.

“If you look at protein consumption growth, much of that will happen outside of the United States over the next several years, and we certainly want to be a participant in that growth,” King said.

Three new plants to produce value-added meat and poultry products are under construction in China, as well as another in Malaysia. King expects all three of those to be in operation in 2023. He said the plants in China were originally scheduled to be online during the fourth quarter of 2022, but because of supply chain interruptions and complications brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, King said those projected opening dates had to be pushed back.

Those four new plants come on the heels of two other plants that were built as part of Tyson’s international business segment. One of those new plants is in Thailand, while the other is in the Netherlands.

With the new plants, Tyson will be better able to serve customers who seek value-added products, as well as those in the foodservice sectors, King said.

“Almost all of our international business is value-added,” King said. “We have launched the Tyson brand in Japan, in Thailand, in Malaysia and in Singapore. We continue to support that. We’ve had it in China for some time.”

In addition to building those four plants in Asia, Tyson Foods is also in the process of constructing two plants in the United States. One is a value-added poultry plant in Danville, Virginia, while the other is a bacon plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Also during the media call, Tyson executives responded to questions about an independent review of the events that led to the recent arrest of Tyson Foods Chief Financial Officer John R. Tyson, as well as the company’s plans to close corporate offices in South Dakota and Illinois, and consolidate those offices into the headquarters in Springdale, Arkansas.

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