A $300 million upgrade to a southern New South Wales abattoir is using cutting-edge technology to reduce the need for highly skilled workers amid ongoing labour shortages in the meat processing sector.
The Australian Meat Group bought the moth-balled Cootamundra abattoir in 2019 and has demolished most of the plant.
AMG Managing Director Gilbert Cabral said it was being rebuilt with new technology to simplify operations to make it easier to find the 1,000 workers needed."We’re not going to be reducing the amount of people [needed at the plant] but we’re able to produce more product per kilo per person," Mr […]
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