# Olymel completes $120M expansion of pork plant in Yamachiche, Quebec

Olymel completed a $120 million renovation and expansion of its ATRAHAN pork processing plant in Yamachiche, Quebec, doubling its area and adding over 300 new jobs. The plant now employs over 1,000 people and will focus on value-added products.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-04-23
- Where: Yamachiche, Quebec, Canada
- Value: $90.0M (120.0M CAD)
- Jobs: 300
- Starts operating: 23 Apr 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 21,715 m² plant area
- Products: pork processing, value-added pork products
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Olymel](https://endata.com/companies/1791.md)
- [Groupe Robitaille](https://endata.com/companies/38911.md) (partner)
- [Lucyporc](https://endata.com/companies/38912.md) (target)

## Sources

- [newswire.ca](https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/olymel-s-new-plant-in-yamachiche-lucyporc-s-employees-join-olymel-s-843328313.html), 2019-04-23: "After an investment of over $120 million and two years of intensive work that modernized, completely renovated and doubled the area of the pork processing plant of ATRAHAN, an Olymel division in Yamachiche, 351 Lucyporc employees joined the 556 Olymel employees today."

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