The company – which owns Uruguayan meat processing company Canelones – has already reached a primary agreement with Bader, a German concern, to begin leather processing and to use part of the latter’s facility at Ciudad del Plata, in Uruguay’s San José province.
The two companies are currently in the process of closing the final aspects of the agreement, with operations to start in July. JBS will produce wet blue leather, as the first stage in an industrial process that could lead to the manufacturing of more complex finished products such as shoes and furniture.
Leasing out part of its facility will present Bader with a way out of a difficult situation resulting from market difficulties and cost overruns, allowing it to continue to produce leather for the car industry.
Some Bader personnel may be tasked with providing services for JBS, which in turn will sell part of its production to the German company.
JBS was founded in 1953, and is headquartered in Sao Paulo. It is Brazil’s largest meat processor, and is also active in other areas such as leather, biodiesel, canning, and collagen. It owns plants in Brazil, Argentina, the USA and Australia. It serves 110 global markets and employs 120,000 people.
