Manufacturing Industry
SMITHFIELD FOODS TO BUILD $20 MILLION UTAH BIODIESEL PROJECT.
Industrial Environment, April, 2003
Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD), Smithfield, Va., will invest $20 million to build a facility that converts swine waste into biodiesel vehicle fuel. Smithfield will be the major partner in BEST BioFuel, LLC, a partnership that will construct the project at Smithfield-owned swine production facilities near Milford, Utah.
"Livestock waste can be a source of clean, renewable vehicle fuel," said Robert F. Urell, Smithfield senior vice president, engineering and environmental affairs.
The facility will be constructed at Circle Four Farms, a state-of-the-art operation located in southwest Utah. The Beaver County Planning & Zoning Board recommended approval of a conditional use permit at a meeting February 19. Construction is scheduled to start in April,...
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