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Who we are

Granjas Carroll de Mexico (GCM), is a Mexican company incorporated in 1993 with the purpose of breeding, marketing and processing pigs on the hoof. It is comprised by two private groups with international operations: the first one is Mexican, Agroindustrias Unidas de México (AMSA), with activities in the agricultural and food industries; and the second is American, Smithfield, main producer and processor of pork meat globally.

Location

GCM is located in the Perote and Guadalupe Victoria valleys, has 16 farms in the border region of Puebla and Veracruz. Built with state-of-the-art technology, it is considered the farm with the best technology in Mexico.

Production

GCM is the main pig producer in Mexico, with an annual share of 12% of Mexico’s pork production, equivalent to more than one million pigs.

GCM in the main employer in the Perote Valley area

With 907 employees, 99.90% of officers and employees are Mexican.

Active member of Mexican and foreign organizations

· Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Alimentos (Mexican Association of Food Producers)

· Consejo Nacional Agropecuario (Mexican Farming Board)

· Cámara Nacional de la Industria de la Transformación (Mexican Chamber of the Transformation Industry)

· Organismo Nacional de Certificación y Verificación Porcina (National Board of Pork Certification and Verification)

· Confederación de Porcicultores Mexicanos (Mexican Confederation of Pork Breeders)

· Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía (Mexican Center for Philanthropy)

· Asociación de Industriales del Estado de Veracruz (Businessmen Association of the State of Veracruz)

Socially Responsible Company

Health

Education

Community Development

Environment

Socially Responsible Company for third year in a row

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  • Free health care to 18 communities in the states of Puebla and Veracruz
  • During 2008, more than 9000 persons were looked after in the states of Puebla and Veracruz
  • GCM allocated 2.2 million Pesos for Health care projects
  • Durante 2008, 600K Pesos were invested in education programs, such as scholarships, donation of construction materials, furniture, professional practice.
  • GCM invested 2.3 million Pesos in the construction, refurbishing, conditioning and maintenance of infrastructure.
  • GCM is the first livestock company of the country that has voluntarily submitted, since 2005, to an Environmental Audit from PROFEPA.
  • It has a green-house with capacity for 250,000 trees, aimed at reforesting the communities surrounding the farms.
  • Waste waters treatment plant based on lagoons and anaerobic digesters, capturing methane gas for combustion and power generation. This system mitigates smells and generates a byproduct which is useful for fertilizing agricultural lands.
  • Participation in the rescue of the Cofre de Perote and Pico de Orizaba National Parks.

Contact with media

Tito Tablada Cortés

PR Manager, GCM

Tel: 282 82 547 19 / 20 ext. 101 and 102

ttablada@ecomtrading.com