With Entre Ríos presence, agribusiness companies will invest US$42 million in a pig slaughterhouse

Group 5L, the merger of pig-producing companies that are finishing a slaughterhouse for butchering and cutting, debuted at the SIAL in China, in Shanghai, one of the world's main food fairs. They are exploring export opportunities to that destination. The company's general manager and partner, Ian O'Dwyer, told LA NACION that "there is much interest and demand" for pork cuts that currently have the lowest sales in Argentina. The group, comprised of Lartirigoyen, Las Lilas, Las Taperitas, La Payana, Los O'Dwyer (Arroyo Barú), and Llorente Hnos., was born during the pandemic with the intention of "taking a step forward" in their tasks and with the goal of building a slaughterhouse together. "We were analyzing this when the possibility of associating with the Blaquier brothers, who were looking to invest in the same thing, arose," O'Dwyer describes. "We partnered up and are executing the works in General Las Heras. The investment, including the land, is US$42 million." The facility ...