Orlan Thorbeck

"... increases. Excel to buy Land beef plant WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Land Inc. has agreed to sell its Oakland, Iowa, beef processing plant to the Excel Corp., Excel Vice President Orlan Thorbeck said Fri- Terms of thc sale weren't announced. In June Excel and Land a farmer cooperative, announced Excel would buy the cooperative's Spencer Beef Division, which Includes plants in Schuyler, ..."

"... reopen this fall as a portion control plant, according to company officials. The plant at Rock Port, Mo., will reopen in mid- September and employ 80 to 100 people, Orlan Thorbeck, vice president of administration for Excel Corp., said Tuesday. Ben Taylor, vice president of production and general manager of the facility, said lhe plant will slice, trim and individual cuts. ..."

"... 1987 at the plant. The plant will open Sept. 21, according to statements made by plant officials, Coit said. Plans to reopen the plant were announced late Tuesday by Orlan Thorbeck, vice president of administration at corporate offices in Wichita, Kan. The Rock Port facility has been closed since March 13, 1984. Thorbeck said the facility will reopen as a portion control plant. Employees will slice, trim and meat in portions. There no longer will be any slaughtering or meat fabrication (carcass processing) ..."

"... an antitrust returning lhe plant to Hs original owner. About 200 lost their jobs at tile end of thc day Monday and 800 will be terminated after work today. Orlan Thorbeck, president of Excel Corp., sald in a telephone interview. "We're just following the court's, ruling," Thorbeck said. Last Friday, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver refused lo lift ..."