Teys Australia

Teys Australia is a meat processing company headquartered in Beenleigh, City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In 2014, it was Australia’s second largest meat processor and exporter with export operations in 40 countries.

In 1946 four Teys brothers Cid, Cliff, Mick and Max purchased a series of butcher shops in and around Brisbane. By 1952 the business grew to eight shops, a wholesale operation and a newly completed abattoir at Beenleigh where the company continues to have its headquarters.

Teys has a history of working in various partnerships over the decades, including with Canada Packers Inc, Consolidated Press Holdings and since 2011, Cargill. Through a partnership with Tey, it was possible to reversing the significant losses of the Lakes Creek Abattoir then controlled by Kerry Packer.

Teys has built long lasting, mutually beneficial, international supply relationships particularly in Japan to which it was one of the first exporters of chilled beef.

Teys Australia Pty Ltd is a 50/50 partnership between the Teys family and the Cargill Company. It is Australia’s second largest meat processor and exporter with export operations in 40 countries. Teys operates six modern and efficient beef processing plants, as well as owning two feedlots, cattle hide processing operations and other beef related businesses.

Teys processs 32,000 cattle weekly which generate a turnover of around $2.5 billion annually. Teys continues to develop its international business in response to growing Asian demand. Teys USA is a subsidiary company based in Chicago.

In a highly competitive global beef market, Teys is dedicated to customer service, integrity of product, efficiency of production and marketing coupled with control of all facets of the value chain. Teys success can also be attributed to the dedication of successive generations of the family and their values of hard work, humility and respect for their employees and stakeholders.

Teys operate across a number of sites in Australia:

The company has an impressive record of hiring and up-skilling migrant and refugee workers facilitating their successful integration into the Australian community. In 2013, the company received an the Enterprise Award from the Queensland Government as part of its annual Multicultural Awards.

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