世界最牛屠宰企业巴西**s介绍12**s-friboi the bat**ta v**ionin less than 54 years, the bat**ta family’s enterpr**e has grown from a modest slaughterhouse in anapol** in the state of goias killing 5 head per day to the largest beef processing operation in the world. the founder of friboi, mr. jose bat**ta snr, continues as a senior executive in the management of **s friboi with h** three sons and three daughters, all of whom hold executive positions within the board and management infrastructure.the **s company purchased its first abattoir in 1968 and another in 1970 to lift daily capacity to 500 cattle. from 1970 to 2001, signifi cant expansion transpired with the purchase of further plants and the application of capital to increase capacity to 5,800 head and create greater efficiencies in the works.from 2001 to 2006 **s-friboi developed a network of 21 brazilian plants spread throughout the country and 5 plants in argentina with a daily slaughter capacity of 22,600 cattle, making grupo friboi the largest beef processing company in south america. these strategically located plants h**e also allowed **s to maintain kill and supply when individual provinces h**e been hit with fmd outbreaks in recent years.the company operates primarily in the foodstuffs market, however significant investment in beef herds and breeding/fattening farms, transportation and the hygiene and cleaning industries make **s a highly diversifi ed company with core infrastructure effi ciencies.three d**tribution centres are located in the state of sao paulo and one in minas gera**. an inland container terminal close to the port of santos in sao paulo, the largest port in south america, handles export products. **s owns a fl eet of 230 trucks to transport sea containers from processing plants to the container terminalthree subsidiary companies located in chile, egypt, usa, uk and russia are responsible for d**tributing and marketing **s products in these countries.名人堂:众名人带你感受的驱动人生马云**李嘉诚柳史玉柱13currently 500 corporate customers in 110 countries consume company brands of processed and canned meat and vegetables such as matoratta, swift, friboi and anglo d**tributed from a beef canning plant in the state of rio de janeiro and a vegetable cannery located in minas gera**. no single customer accounts for more than 4.5% of gross sales which limits exposure to fi nancial downturns.**s has over 6,000 clients in brazil and argentina which traditionally consume about 80% of beef produced in the two countries. the he**y domestic usage of secondary cuts and offals allows for a high level of value-adding and a gross margin which other international companies do not enjoy. again, no domestic customer’s account ** greater than 1.4% of sales.export accounts for approximately 60% of revenue and domestic sales 40% based on 2006 returns.**s operates a cattle breeding and growing div**ion within the company based at eldorado and larga da macauba farms in the brazilain mid-west which determines the selection and purchase of cattle. the div**ion develops models to ass**t in maintaining the quality of beef and adopts a tracking and feedback system to determine weight gains, fi n**hing ability and profi tability.due to the open-range grazing and natural grass fi n**hing (growth promotants are illegal in brazil) of brazilian cattle, they are slower to reach slaughter weights and obviously older than many other large exporters. **erage carcass weight ** 120 kgs less than the us and 30 kgs below australian weights and has increased relatively slowly by 1kg per year for the past 30 years.the **s stock come from 12,000 brazilian producers, all located within 500 kms of one or more of the packing plants and 1,600 ranches in argentina located no more than 350 kms from a friboi abattoir.**s maintains a fleet of 245 double-deck trucks together with specialized outsourced trucks to lift cattle from farms to abattoirs, with strict protocols such as designated spelling and handling procedures employed to ensure an end-product of the highest quality. despite being restricted to export chilled beef to countries which only consume 50% of the world’s fresh beef, **s ** the second-largest exporter of fresh beef in the world based on net sales revenue.consolidation of the brazilian and argentine packing industry ** a priority for **s. in the us, the top fi ve packers process 78% of the nation’s cattle. despite being the largest packer in south america, **s only handles 7.6% and 2.6% of the brazilian and argentine markets respectively.consequently, further acqu**ition of plants within these countries and expansion of current capacity can be expected in the near future, provided economic growth ** maintained in importing nations.the world’s cattle inventory was calculated at 1.0 billion head in 2006, an increase of 1% over the previous year. india has the largest herd with 272 million cattle, however owing to religious beliefs, the country’s production (which include buffalo meat) only ranks 5th in the world.brazil, with a 2007 forecast of 188 million head will produce 9,120 million tonnes to rank second to the us at 12,168 million tonnes. the nation ** rapidly developing as an economic powerhouse and consumption ** forecast to increase by 3.5% in the coming year.china produces 7,910 million tonnes from a herd estimated at 150 million head and the colossus ** likely to increase consumption by 5.6% in 2007. however an **erage carcass weight of 134 kgs against a world **erage of 217 kgs and saturation of slaughter and refrigeration capacity ** likely to prevent herd expansion, therefore the increased demand will be sat**fi ed by exporters such as **s.substantial increases in appetites for beef are also forecast for the latin american nations, the middle east and eastern europe, notably russia.beef consumption ** strongly correlated to economic growth. coupled with population growth, economic development within less developed countries and growth in per-capita income in key economies, world-wide consumption ** forecast to grow by 2.1% in 2007.south america and australia h**e the highest beef surpluses in the world and consequently are the leading exporters, with the e.u., u.s., russia and east asia, the economic powerhouses of the world, h**ing the largest defi cits and the greatest capacity to import a premium protein such as beef.of interest ** the “rate of output” or cattle slaughtered as a percentage of the total herd of the major exporters. normal output to sustain a national breeding herd will see approximately one-third of a national herd killed annually.the russian herd currently runs at an output of 46%, indicating a high female slaughter and rapid numerical decline in the breeding herd due to the cost of production and the low productivity of the cow herd.14the us, eu and australia h**e an output of around 33% whilst china slaughters 40% of the national herd annually which translates to an overall decline in herd numbers to meet increased demand.argentina’s rate of output at 27% exceeds brazil and uruguay, both of which kill around 23% of the national herds annually. the argentine herd size ** increasing relatively slowly due to production and processing ineffi ciencies, d**ease and artifi cial price suppression by a social**t **.with a carcass weight 20 kgs below that of argentina and 30 kgs less than australia and a rate of output estimated at 22%, the brazilian beef industry has not yet mounted the starting blocks.if fmd can be brought under control within a decade and brazil attain accreditation to export chilled product to the high-priced markets of north america, eu and northern asia, we are likely to see an explosion of numbers and a signifi cant lift in slaughter weights through cros**reeding of the massive bos indicus herds with high performance brit**h and european breeds and the adoption of systems to allow higher carcass weights at a younger age.should the current brazilian herd reach a rate of output of the “normal” 33% of herd numbers, beef production would increase to a massive 13.68 million tonnes which easily exceeds the us output of 12.16 million tonnes. 20210311