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F J26 S E R D O E T R U A B TIO RI Issue No. 53, June 2007 N OF DIST What is Happening Down Under - 2007 Trip to Australia & New Zealand During March and April, Jarvis New markets in South Africa and Western Australia - cattle are raised on President Vincent R. Volpe visited the Russia have opened. Famous for large cattle stations, and graze on Jarvis subsidiaries in Australia and producing natural, grass-fed sheep open-range grasslands. In southern New Zealand. Besides meeting with and cattle, New Zealand’s meat Australia - New South Wales and Jarvis Australia’s Managing Director industry is a major source of that Victoria - cattle are raised on smaller Ray Cronin and Jarvis New Zealand’s country’s export revenue. With an farms and are grain fed. Cattle from General Manager Sean Dougherty, he estimated cattle herd of 27 million, southern Australia are generally had the opportunity to see long-time, Australia has established a reputation younger and smaller in size, and are local meat industry contacts and for safe and high-quality beef, used for the domestic and Japanese personal friends. World demand for exporting 65% of its total production - markets. Australia, while famous for Australian and New Zealand meat some 13,895,000 tons yearly. its pasture-feed cattle, has seen the products is increasing, especially in Australia has two different beef cattle use of feedlots dramatically increase Europe and Asia (Japan remains productions. In the North - during the last two decades. Australia’s biggest export customer). Queensland, Northern Territory and AFFCO and Jarvis - A Long and Proud Relationship

In New Zealand, AFFCO is casings, slip wool and one of the country’s leading pharmaceutical blood meat companies, and a serums. Hides are used for long-time Jarvis customer. furnishings, car upholstery, Established in 1904, the footwear and leather company processes and accessories. Pelts and calf exports more than 150,000 skins are transformed into tons of meat products to 74 quality leather garments, countries. The company such as handbags, ladies operates ten processing boots and belts. Natural plants throughout New lamb and sheep casings are AFFCO’s processing plant in Manawatu, New Zealand. Zealand - nine on the North sought after by European Island, one on the South buyers for sausage Island. AFFCO is the only production. AFFCO meat company listed on the produced wool is sent to the New Zealand Stock world’s carpet industry. Meat Exchange. Many of its and bone meal are made into shareholders are farmers poultry feed. Tallow is used who provide the company’s in the making of soaps and slaughterhouses with its cosmetics. Due to their high supply of cattle, lambs, purity and disease-free sheep and goats. Besides status, AFFCO produced meat products, AFFCO’s bovine blood serums are Allied Products division also used in the manufacture of produces premium hides, therapeutics, vaccines, Ann Nuku, AFFCO’s Manawatu Plant Manager and Sean pelts, calf skins, high-quality diagnostics,and international Dougherty, General Manager of Jarvis Equipment NZ Ltd, our protein meals, tallow, research projects. New Zealand subsidiary. More Australia & New Zealand

Stacey Redshaw, Purchasing Department, AFFCO Manawatu, From left, Jarvis President Vincent Volpe, Marilyn Hansen , friend proudly wearing his Jarvis cap. of Jarvis’ Sean Dougherty, and Sean Dougherty. Background is the harbor of Wellington, New Zealand.

Old Australian friends of Mr. Volpe; from left, Robin Newton, Neville Mr. Volpe with old friend Lois Notley, wife of Max Notley. Janette Newton, CEO of Southern Foods, located in New South Wales, Mr. Cronin, wife of Jarvis Australia’s Ray Cronin is in the background. Volpe, and Max Notley. Meet the People of Jarvis Australia & New Zealand

Jarvis New Zealand’s Beth Taylor, Accountant

Jarvis Australia’s Sean McDonnel, Jarvis Australia’s Raymond and Janette Cronin. Ray is Jarvis New Zealand’s Karen workshop fitter trainee, cutting his Managing Director of our Australian subsidiary, where Brown, Office Administrator and birthday cake. Janette is also employed. Which one is the boss? Receptionist.

Page 2 Visitorsisitors FromFrom CChhiinnaa A very important delegation and future needs of the fast-growing Chairman of the Shuangta ’s representing Hongda Cattle Chinese meat processing industry, Chamber of Commerce, Cao Yimin, Development Company, Chinese and increasingly demanding Chinese Vice Director of the Administrative government officials, representatives customers. Wanting to see the latest Commission of Chaoyang’s Economic of Lianoning Province, and private industry technologies and equipment, and Technological Zone, Wang business leaders recently visited besides visiting Middletown, the group Jianhua, President of Jarvis’ Headquarters in Middletown. also visited Washington D.C., Hongda Cattle Development Accompanying the group was John W. Chicago, Illinois and Omaha, Company Ltd., Feng Jianhua, Vice Long, Jarvis ’s General Nebraska, where they met the city’s General Manager of the Liaoning Manager, and Barry Han, General mayor. The group included Song Hongda Cattle Development Manager of Lenno Foodtech, Jarvis’ Yong, Chairman of the Chaoyang Company Ltd., Hou Wen, Vice China distributor. As mentioned in the Chamber of Commerce and Lianoning General Manager of Chaoyang Yixing last newsletter, Liaoning Hongda Province’s Party Secretary, Song Livestock Farming and Science Cattle Development Company Zhen, Director of Chaoyang Municipal Development Company Ltd., Yao recently opened a new beef Bureau of Foreign Trade and Xiuye, President of Chaoyang Longda processing plant in City, Economic Cooperation, Song Jiulin, Winery Company Ltd., and Liang Wei, Lianoning Province, China. The plant Chairman of the Lingyuan City Interpreter for Chaoyang Municipal has all Jarvis equipment. The group Chamber of Commerce, Li Zhenqing, Bureau of Foreign Trade and met with Jarvis President Vincent Chairman of the Longcheng District’s Economic Cooperation. Volpe, and discussed the immediate Chamber of Commerce, Li Derang,

Hou Wen, Song Yong, Chairman, Song Jiulin, Li Zhenquing, Chairman, Feng Jianhua, Vice General Vice General Chaoyang Chamber of Chairman, Longcheng District Manager, Liaoning Hongda Manager, Chaoyang Yao Xiuye, Commerce & Lianoning Lingyuan City Chamber of Commerce Cattle Development Co. Ltd. Yixing Livestock President, Chaoyang Province’s Party Secretary Chamber of Farming & Science Longda Winery Co. Commerce. Development Co. Ltd

Liang Wei, Cao Yimin, Interpreter, Vice Director, Chaoyang Administrative Li Derang, Municipal Commission, Chairman, Wang Jianhua, Bureau of Song Zhen, Director, Chaoyang Shuangta President, Foreign Chaoyang Municipal Economic Barry Han, General Vincent R. Volpe, District Liaoning Hongda Trade & Bureau of Foreign Trade & Technological Manager, Lenno President, Jarvis Chamber Cattle Development Economic & Economic Cooperation Zone Foodtech Products Corp of Commerce Co. Ltd Cooperation

From left, John W. Long, Manager of Jarvis China, Yao Xiuye, From left, Cao Yimin, Song Zhen, Song Yong, and Song Jiulin. Barry Han and Hou Wen.

From left, Song Jiulin, Li Zhenqing, Wang Jianhua and From left, Barry Han, Hou Wen and Feng Jianhua. Li Derang.

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Crainic Prodimpex SRL, Jarvis’ new Bucharest• Romanian distributor, participated in the 2006 IndAGRA Exhibition held November 8-12 at Bucharest’s Romexpo center. Representing Crainic Prodimpex were owner Guilliano Rizzotti and Manager Ana- Maria Man. Ralf Riedel, Manager of Jarvis GmbH, our German subsidiary, represented Jarvis Products. IndAGRA is an international exhibition covering 248,000 square feet (23,000 square meters), with over 35,000 attendees. The 2006 expo had 475 exhibitors, from Romania and 25 other countries, exhibiting the latest agricultural and food industry products and equipment. Romania’s meat processing industry is growing. After the fall of Communism, the local industry began to privatize and From left, Ana-Maria Man, Manager of Crainic Prodimpex SRL, Guilliano Rizzotti, owner technically upgrade. Currently, to of Crainic Prodimpex SRL, Jarvis’ new Romanian distributor, and an unidentified expo meet local consumption demands, attendee. processed meat products are imported standard of carcass grades and slaughterhouse. This will be a big from European Union (EU) countries standards. U.S. based Smithfield boost for increasing local pork and the United States. With help from Foods has purchased an existing pork production. By 2012, Smithfield the EU, the Romanian government is processing plant in the western part of Romania expects to raise and sponsoring a program to improve local the country. Besides completely slaughter 4 million hogs a year. Pork beef quality by introducing specialized modernizing the facility, Smithfield is products, from this plant, will be used beef production breeds, improving also building and populating hog for local consumption as well as for farm feed and pasteurization production farms that will eventually export. techniques, and introducing a national supply high-quality hogs to their Bill Creitz Joins the Jarvis Team

William H. Creitz has joined Jarvis’ specific requirements of individual Correction to Karan Fruit and Vegetable Processing products, the conditions processors Beef Article: Division as its National Sales Manager, face in bringing their products to In the last newsletter, the size of responsible for all sales of Kronen market, and preparing food for large Karan’s feed mill (the world’s largest) GmbH equipment in the United States. institutions. Bill, it’s good to have you should have read 162,000 square Bill has been active in the food on board! feet / 15,000 square meters. processing industry for over 40 years. He started his career as an operating engineer at a large frozen and canned food processor. Bill later joined FMC Corporation as a territorial sales representative before forming his own s largest sales representative company, which he operated for 25 years. After a brief retirement, which included owning and s the world’ operating his own restaurant in up- It’It’ state New York, Bill decided he missed seeing old friends and traveling around the country. He decided to get back into the food processing industry. Bill Creitz’s extensive knowledge of “the Bill Creitz, Jarvis’ new National Sales industry” has been invaluable in Manager for our Fruit and Vegetable helping Jarvis better understand the Processing Division. Photo taken at Chicago’s Pack Expo International.

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