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Building a Small Meat Processing Plant Webinar

Last Updated: May 28, 2009 Related resource areas: Small Meat Processors

1 Overview
2 Recording of the Webinar
3 More about Guide to Designing a Small Red Meat Plant
4 Mike Willet's Presentation Slides
5 Keith DeHaan's Presentation Slides
6 Arion Thiboumery's Presentation Slides

Overview

Thinking about building a new plant? Want to expand your existing plant? Or considering getting into the meat processing business? This webinar will help you understand the process and the pitfalls of plant design and construction.
Date: May 26, 2009
Duration: 1 hour
Presenters:

Mike Willet, Iowa State University's Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS), discusses factors & considerations for deciding when to expand your plant.
mwillett@iastate.edu 319-433-1286
Keith DeHann, Food and Livestock Planning, Inc., highlights common problems and oversights when building a new plant. keith@foodandlivestock.com 816-429-6066 www.foodandlivestock.com
Arion Thiboumery, NMPAN Co-coordinator, describes the new Guide to Designing a Small Red Meat Plant with Two Sizes of Model Designs, published by Iowa State University Extension. arion@iastate.edu 515-294-2882