Olymel Opens C$142 Million Integrated Meat Plant in Trois Rivières

Olymel has inaugurated a C$142 million integrated meat processing plant in Trois Rivières, Quebec, completing a major consolidation and modernization project first announced in June 2025. The company said the site began bringing production lines into operation progressively in May and is now fully equipped to process, slice and package pork and poultry products under one roof.

The expanded facility has annual production capacity of 50 million kilograms, up from 12 million kilograms before the project. Its footprint increased from 51,700 to 137,200 square feet. Those changes make the plant nearly two and a half times larger while lifting stated capacity by more than fourfold, a significant concentration of Olymel's prepared meat production in one location.

Olymel said the plant will produce most of the deli meats it sells in Canada, alongside La Fernandière sausages and whole or sliced hams. Bringing processing and packaging together is intended to reduce transfers between facilities and improve coordination across cooking, slicing, packaging, boxing and palletizing operations.

The modernization combines automation, connected equipment and artificial intelligence with a range of energy systems. Olymel identified an industrial battery installation for shifting electricity use away from peak demand, water based cooking, heat recovery and closed loop water management among the main additions. The company describes the battery system as a first for its Canadian sector.

The project created nearly 100 jobs, taking employment at the Trois Rivières plant to about 400 people, according to Olymel. The company also reported C$110 million in orders placed with Canadian suppliers, including more than C$94 million with businesses in the surrounding region, tying a substantial portion of the capital program to domestic contractors and equipment providers.

Public partners provided more than C$20.3 million in loans and grants. That package included a C$15 million loan from Investissement Québec, C$2 million from Quebec's agriculture ministry, C$1.8 million from Hydro Québec, C$1.3 million from the provincial environment ministry and C$250,000 from the city of Trois Rivières.

Olymel estimates the combined efficiency measures will avoid 3,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions each year. That is a company projection rather than an independently audited operating result, but it provides a measurable benchmark for assessing the plant against Olymel's wider goal of reducing emissions from its operations by 25 percent by 2030.

Strategically, the site gives Olymel more capacity and a more integrated platform for value added pork and poultry products, but it also places greater operational importance on a single facility. The commercial test will be whether higher throughput, lower internal transport and automation translate into dependable service and cost control across Canadian and export markets.