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Animex Receives Newsweek Poland Award
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Andrzej Pawelczak (right) of Animex with former President of Poland Lech Walesa (center). Both received awards from Newsweek Poland for significant contributions to U.S.-Polish relations.
Animex, Smithfield Foods’ Polish subsidiary, received an award on May 14 from Newsweek Poland for its significant contributions to the country’s economy and to US-Polish relations. Other recipients of the award were former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, former President of Poland Lech Walesa and Fiat Motor Company.
The company received the award for having the largest number of employees of any U.S. company in Poland. It was presented by American Chamber of Commerce Chairman Roman Renvald and Newsweek Poland Chief Editor Michal Kobosko. Also in attendance were former presidents Bush and Walesa, who won individual awards for their contributions to U.S.-Polish relations, and U.S. Ambassador Vincent Ashe.
Animex was acquired by Smithfield Foods in 1999. It is the largest meat and poultry processing company in Poland and sells a wide range of products that are popular throughout Europe. The company is best-known in the U.S. market for its famed Krakus brand ham, imported by Krakus Foods International.
Congratulations to all 8,750 Animex employees on receiving this prestigious award.
Smithfield's Fleet Safety Team Honored
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Smithfield’s Fleet Safety team pictured L to R: Gordon Worrell, Debra Eisner, Eugene Gibson, Wanda Owens, and Norman Fisher.
Smithfield’s Fleet Safety Team was honored recently during an awards banquet at the Virginia Trucking Association’s Annual Safety Management Conference held April 4-6 in Virginia Beach, Va.
The Smithfield group received the award for outstanding fleet safety program management as well as a fleet safety certificate for significant reduction of company fleet accident rates for 2006.
The Virginia Trucking Association Safety Management Council recognized Smithfield’s Fleet Safety professionals for demonstrating effective program initiatives that directly impacted large truck accident rates and trends, and utilized best practice methods to continuously improve driver safety performance and fleet accident reduction.
In addition to the awards received by the safety team, Smithfield Fleet Safety Coordinator Debra Eisner was honored by the Virginia Trucking Association for serving as conference Chairperson for this year’s event, which was attended by over 70 of Virginia’s largest transportation companies.
Congratulations to our Smithfield Fleet Safety Professionals for a job well done.