Bunge to close Bradley, Illinois oil packaging plant

ST. LOUIS, July 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited BG, announced that it has decided to close its oil packaging plant in Bradley, Illinois.  In addition, functions currently performed in the adjacent administrative building such as financial and customer services, regulatory and innovation, will be transferred to St. Louis, BNA's corporate headquarters.  These changes are scheduled to occur in 18 to 24 months.

"Our team in Bradley has worked hard to make the plant as efficient as possible, but it is more than a half century old and needs significant capital investment," said Tim Gallagher, executive vice president, Oilseed Value Chain.  "As a result of our strong productivity initiatives, we found we can continue to provide our customers with high quality products, reliable supply and strong customer service from our other U.S. packaging locations with less investment."

Approximately 150 employees work in the oil packaging plant.  The administrative office includes about 60 employees.  Employees not being transferred to St. Louis will be able to apply for open positions at other Bunge facilities.

Bunge's other U.S. oil packaging facilities are located in Decatur, Alabama; Decatur, Indiana; Ft. Worth, Texas; Kearny, New Jersey; Modesto, California; and Sandston, Virginia.

About Bunge North America
Bunge North America (www.bungenorthamerica.com), the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited BG, is a vertically integrated food and feed ingredient company, supplying raw and processed agricultural commodities and specialized food ingredients to a wide range of customers in the animal feed, food processor, foodservice and bakery industries. With headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, Bunge North America and its subsidiaries operate grain elevators, oilseed processing plants, edible oil refineries and packaging facilities, and corn, wheat and rice mills in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

About Bunge Limited
Bunge Limited (www.bunge.com, NYSE: BG) is a leading global agribusiness and food company operating in over 40 countries with approximately 35,000 employees. Bunge buys, sells, stores and transports oilseeds and grains to serve customers worldwide; processes oilseeds to make protein meal for animal feed and edible oil products for commercial customers and consumers; produces sugar and ethanol from sugarcane; mills wheat, corn and rice to make ingredients used by food companies; and sells fertilizer in South America. Founded in 1818, the company is headquartered in White Plains, New York.

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SOURCE Bunge North America