ITOHAM YONEKYU HOLDINGS INC.'s Mishima Plant in Shizuoka was completed and began operations on the 1st. It is the company's first new ham and sausage plant in 30 years, with automation expanded to enable operations with roughly half the workforce required at a plant of the same scale.
ITOHAM YONEKYU HOLDINGS INC. completed the Mishima Plant it had been building in Anku, Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, and began operations on the 1st. The new facility is the first new ham and sausage plant built by the company in approximately 30 years.
The plant has expanded automation to address labor shortages and established an operating structure that reduces the workforce required to roughly half that of an existing group plant of the same scale.
The Mishima Plant is expected to support local employment and strengthen the supply structure. By optimizing its overall production structure, the company is also expected to strengthen its production capacity.