# Olymel invests $2M to add sausage production at Red Deer plant

Olymel announced a $2 million investment to convert a section of its Red Deer, Alberta pork processing plant for fresh sausage production. The project will create 20 jobs and is expected to begin in July 2017.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-07-10
- Where: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
- Value: $2.00M
- Jobs: 20
- Status: announced
- Products: fresh sausages, breakfast sausages, bulk sausage meat
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Olymel](https://endata.com/companies/1791.md)

## Sources

- [grainews.ca](https://www.grainews.ca/daily/olymel-plans-sausage-production-at-red-deer/), 2017-07-10: "The new section for fresh sausage production at the Red Deer plant is an integral part of an investment plan directed at greater penetration in the western Canadian market, to meet growing demand for sausage products manufactured in Canada."

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