Teys Australia

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Teys Australia
Industry meat-processing
Website teysgroup.com/au/


Teys Australia is a meat-processing company headquartered at Building 3, Freeway Office Park, 2728 Logan Rd, Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113, Australia. In 2014, it was Australia's second-largest meat processor and exporter, with export operations in 40 countries.

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History

In 1946, the four Teys brothers, Cid, Cliff, Mick, and Max, purchased a series of butcher shops in and around Brisbane. By 1952, the business grew to eight shops, a wholesale operation, and a newly completed abattoir at Beenleigh, where the company continues to have its headquarters. [1]

Teys has a history of working in various partnerships over the decades, including with Canada Packers Inc, Consolidated Press Holdings, and since 2011, Cargill. Through a partnership with Teys, reversing the significant losses of the Lakes Creek Abattoir then controlled by Kerry Packer became possible.

Teys has built long-lasting international supply relationships, particularly in Japan, to which it was one of the first exporters of chilled beef. [1]

Current operations

Teys Australia Pty Ltd is a 50/50 partnership between the Teys family and the Cargill Company. It is Australia's second-largest meat processor and exporter, with export operations in 40 countries. Teys operates six beef-processing plants, as well as owning two feedlots, cattle hide-processing operations, and other beef-related businesses. [1]

Teys process 32,000 cattle weekly, which generate a turnover of around AU$2.5 billion annually. Teys continues to develop its international business in response to growing Asian demand. [1] Teys USA is a subsidiary company based in Chicago. [2]

Teys operate across a number of sites in Australia: [3]

Awards

The company has a record of hiring and up-skilling migrant and refugee workers. [1] In 2013, the company received an Enterprise Award from the Queensland government as part of its annual Multicultural Awards. [4]

In 2014, the company was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame. [5]

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References

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Attribution

CC BY icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame: 2014 Inductee Teys Australia published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence , accessed on 22 November 2017.

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