Just days after laying off 340 employees, a major hog processor has announced a new partnership.
Executives of Olymel and Group Robitaile announced this week they're injecting 80 million dollars into expansion of their joint operation in Quebec.
The partnership will go into effect this fall and is expected to create 350 new jobs.
Olymel says a second shift at that plant will help meet production and satisfy the export needs of Group Robitaile's niche customer requirements.
President and CEO Rejean Nadeau says that Olymel has invested more than 150 million dollars into the fresh pork sector in Eastern Canada in the last year.
Olymel describes itself as Canada's leader in the processing and distribution of pork and poultry, employing nearly 11,000 people in facilities in Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and New Brunswick.
