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At the end of his visit, Ambassador
Gitenstein joined
Smithfield’s team of volunteers
in their planting campaign of
50 trees on the land in front of Vinga
Feedmill, part of Smithfield’s social
responsibility and environmental
protection program. Within this
campaign, since the beginning of this
program, over 15,000 trees have been
planted in various locations from Timis
and Arad County.
“I am very proud and impressed
to see what Smithfield Ferme has
achieved at Vinga. It is an impressive
example of US expertise and technology,
implemented by a local team
to the benefit of the company, of the
community and of the Romanian
farmers. Investments like that made
by Smithfield are key to increasing
value added in the Romanian agriculture”,
said Ambassador Gitenstein.
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Vinga Feedmill is unique in Romania,
in terms of equipment and technical
performances, among the most modern
ones in Europe and across the world.
At the end of November
last year, the US Ambas-
sador to Romania, HE Mr.
Mark Gitenstein visited
Vinga Feedmill, situated in
Arad County, a 40-million-
dollar Greenfield invest-
ment of Smithfield Ferme.
US ambassador
visiting
Vinga Feedmill
“Smithfield Romania is not only
one of the biggest foreign investments
in our country, it is also a
successful example of the cooperation
between Romanian and US
professionals in the agricultural,
animal husbandry and food field,
a cooperation which developed a
business in compliance with the
highest international standards,
in the field of food safety and environment,
as well as in the business
environment”, declared Bogdan Mihail,
CEO of Smithfield Romania.
“Smithfield has become part of
the communities where we operate,
valorizing and supporting the culture,
traditions and hopes of the inhabitants
of the Western part of the
country. We will further invest in the
prosperity and economic security of
this region, through our support programs
for the local farmers, as well
„ Mark Gitenstein US Ambassador:
Investments such as that made by
Smithfield are key to increasing
value added in the Romanian agriculture.”
Mark Gitenstein (left), Bogdan Mihail (right)
as our social responsibility and cultural
development programs”, Mihail
concluded.
Vinga Feedmill is unique in Romania,
in terms of equipment and technical
performances, among the most
modern ones in Europe and across
the world, the technology used for
this project being also a first for Europe
– in terms of how the construction
was made.
The construction of Vinga Feedmill
began in December 2006, and
was inaugurated 18 months later,
being one of the biggest Greenfield
investments in Romania. The construction
at Vinga covers 20 ha of
land, 350,000 hours of work being
necessary to complete the project.
Vinga Feedmill has a weekly production
capacity of 8,000 tons of pig
feeds, based on own recipes.