Projects
Smithfield Foods
Location
Tar Heel, North Carolina
Project Size
1,000,000 SF
Completion Year
2003
Awards and Recognition
Food Plant of the Year
Food Engineering magazine
Markets
Delivery Method
The pork processing facility is streamlined for maximum efficiency and includes areas for animal staging, kill and cut floor areas, a waste treatment facility, multiple coolers and freezers, and employee welfare. The plant can process up to 32,000 hogs per day over two 10-hour shifts. The project was constructed over five different phases of expansion.
Stellar was awarded the Food Engineering “Food Plant of the Year” for this project. It is the largest slaughterhouse and meat-processing plant in the world.
Key Team Members
Stellar's leadership has the expertise and understanding necessary to advise you, even on the most complex challenges.
