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Smithfield Foods taps chief HR officer, general counsel
Bennett, Checkovich named executives
Virginia-based Smithfield Foods Inc. has named a new chief human resources officer and a new general counsel, the nation’s largest pork product manufacturer and hog producer announced Tuesday. Isham “Jay”
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Smithfield Foods donates $2M to Ukraine relief efforts
Many Va. companies donating to World Central Kitchen
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Virginia-based Smithfield Foods Inc. announced a $2 million donation to relief efforts in Ukraine Monday. The nation’s largest pork processor and hog producer donated $250,000 each to the Global Red
Smithfield Foods division makes new medical device
Device helps nerve repair without stitches
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Smithfield Foods Inc.’s Cincinnati-based porcine-derived medical products unit, Smithfield BioScience, and Atlanta-based medical device company BioCircuit Technologies announced Wednesday that the two will produce a medical device for nerve repair
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Smithfield company announces $40M Fort Monroe redevelopment
Plans call for hotel, conference center, revamped marina
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Smithfield-based Pack Brothers Hospitality LLC on Wednesday announced plans for a conference center, hotel, 500-seat restaurant and an overhauled 300-slip marina on part of Fort Monroe in Hampton. The company
Dominion, Smithfield complete first renewable gas project in Utah
Natural gas converted from methane will power 3,000 homes
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Dominion Energy Inc. and Smithfield Foods Inc., both based in Virginia, completed their first renewable natural gas (RNG) project in southwestern Utah, Smithfield announced Wednesday. In 2018, the Richmond-headquartered utility
Smithfield Foods commits $300K to support STEM initiative
Gift aims to increase STEM participation among minority women
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Smithfield Foods Inc. has announced it plans to commit $300,000 through 2021 to support Heritage STEM Camps Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that creates immersive experiences for aspiring leaders in the
Smithfield Foods CEO to retire
Kenneth M. Sullivan to leave company after five years at helm
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Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork processor and hog producer, announced Monday that President and CEO Kenneth M. Sullivan will retire in early 2021 after nearly 20 years with
Smithfield Foods to contest OSHA citation
Four employees died, 1.3K employees contracted COVID during April outbreak at South Dakota plant
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Smithfield Foods Inc. intends to contest a citation from the U.S. Labor Department stating that Smithfield failed to protect workers during an April outbreak at its Sioux Falls, South Dakota,