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| HEADQUARTERS Timisoara, Romania |
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| PRESIDENT Bogdan Mihail |
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| EMPLOYEES 1,000 |
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| FISCAL 2011 SALES $198 million1 |
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Smithfield Prod is Romania’s largest producer of fresh pork products, sold primarily to processors and retail customers under the Comtim brand. It also owns 100 percent of independent distributor Agroalim. With locations in Bucharest as well as seven other cities, Agroalim distributes most of Smithfield Prod’s pork production as well as a wide range of fresh, frozen, and nonperishable products to Romanian retail and foodservice customers. Other Romanian activities include joint venture Frigorifer, a cold storage and vegetable production company that sells products under the Casa Taraneasca brand. Smithfield Prod also owns rendering operations.
Major Brands
Smithfield Prod: Comtim
Agroalim: Minut, Hanul Romanesc
Frigorifer: Casa Taraneasca
Major Subsidiaries
Agroalim
Facilities
Smithfield Prod: Timisoara
Frigorifer: Tulcea
- Partnered with local charities to provide fresh meat and hot meals to more than 15,000 people in need in Timisoara and the surrounding area through Food for Souls program; expanded program in 2010 into a national hunger relief effort as Agroalim donated 8,000 kilograms of meats and food products to charitable organizations across Romania
- Participated in World Water Monitoring Day by sponsoring events in 2009 and 2010 involving approximately 60 students from Utvin village
- Sponsored a variety of local arts festivals, including Festivalul Sorocarilor, Ruga Sanmihaiu Roman, and Lada cu Zestre
- Started internal program titled GreenWeek@SmithfieldProd to educate and encourage employees to plant trees, clean public areas, and live a greener lifestyle at work and at home
- Sponsored "Your World? Clean!" program, initiated by PRAIS Foundation in partnership with the Romanian Environmental Ministry and National Environmental Guard
