The company's core business concept is to develop, manufacture and market meat, meat products and foods and to provide related services to meet the needs of customers and consumers while relying on Finnish meat production.
The activities in Nurmo were already started in 1977 when a freezing plant was constructed on site.
The latest novelty concentrated in Nurmo is the logistics centre taken into use in the beginning of 2001.
Atria's production plant in Nurmo features about 120,000 m2 in modern production premises, most of which were built in the 1990s or later.
Construction in Nurmo began with the building of a deep-freeze storage facility in 1976.
For this reason, pig slaughtering will most likely be transferred from Kuopio and centralised in Nurmo after the new plant is completed.
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MEATNEWS.COM: FINLAND PIG SLAUGHTER CENTRALIZED(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
An extensive expansion and renovation project for the slaughterhouse and lairage, refrigeration, and storage areas began in Nurmo in the spring of 2004.
Atria said that because it is increasing its pork processing volumes it needs more modern capacity which will be met when the capacity at the Nurmo slaughterhouse almost doubles.
As a result, negotiations began with staff over the future of the Kuopio plant in the spring of 2004; they have now been completed, and pig slaughtering and cutting operations will be closed down.
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The two densely populated centres of Nurmo, Central Nurmo and Hyllykallio, are situated close to the centre of the town of Seinäjoki, and together they form an urban area.
Traditional Finnish baseball and wrestling are nowadays accompanied by many other forms of sport and exercise, where both individuals and teams have become successful.
The Nurmo sports hall is familiar to many people who have visited the region of Southern Ostrobothnia.
MEATNEWS.COM: Processor to Increase Capacity(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Finnish meat processor invests in a new pig slaughterhouse extension in Nurmo.
Atria Group plc, Finland's largest meat company and the biggest manufacturer of meat products in the Nordic and Baltic countries, is investing in the extension and refurbishment of its pig slaughterhouse in Nurmo.
Atria said that in the E.U., the profitability of these small units has become questionable and pig slaughtering is expected to be transferred from Kuopio and centralised in Nurmo after the new plant is completed.
Our benchmark has shown, that E-DPS enables significantly higher effectiveness with minimal staff and space compared with common traditional picking methods." This compact warehouse module wins you over through high performance and through its decoupling of all system elements.
With a strong increase in sales during the recent years -- a turnover of well over 900 million Euro is expected for 2005 -- ATRIA has to adjust its logistical processes to the increasing demands.
The centralized Nurmo logistics center currently delivers about 500,000 kilos of meat products every day.
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Atria invests 37 mln eur to expand logistics centre in Finland - Forbes.com(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
HELSINKI (AFX) - Finland's Atria Group Plc said it will invest 37 mln eur to expand its current logistics centre in Nurmo, Finland, with the new extension seen ready in spring 2007.
The company said the extension will nearly double the current capacity, providing an additional 11,000 square meters, and 94,000 cubic meters.
The centralised Nurmo dispatching centre currently delivers some 500,000 kilos of products every day, Atria said in a statement.
