Local Industries
Cargill Meat Solutions Company
Cargill Meat Solutions Company is Hale County's largest industry with 2000 employees. Cargill processes over 4000 head of cattle per day.
Wal-Mart Distribution Center
Sam Walton personally selected Plainview as a site for a distribution center after a group of local business people went to Bentonville, Arkansas and sold him on the site. The community raised the money to donate the land for the center. Today, the distribution center occupies a building in excess of one million square feet.
Corn Milling Plant
Azteca Corn Milling is the largest corn milling operation in America. They produce maseca used in making corn chips.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Hale County is the site of two TDCJ transfer facilities, the Wheeler Unit and the Formby Unit. Hale County Commissioners donated the land, and the City provided the utilities to the site, as incentives for the state facilities to be located in Hale County.
The City of Plainview donated a building for Region V headquarters and helped bring in the Correctional Officers Training School.
Plainview and Hale County Welcome Dairies
The Plainview/Hale County Industrial Foundation has been instrumental in getting dairies to locate in Hale County. Hale County Commissioners Court have provided incentives that have helped get dairies to locate in Hale County. Vista Grande Dairy was the first large dairy to locate in Hale County. It is a state-of-the-art milking facility with 5000 cows and uses a carousel in their milking operation. Hale County dairies are among the top ten milk producers in the State of Texas.
Peanuts and Popcorn
The Peanut Corporation of America located a processing plant in Plainview. It blanches and packages peanut pieces to be used in a variety of products processed by major distributors. They process peanut butter and sell to the public from the plant facility. The company owns other facilities in North Carolina, Virginia, Texas and Georgia.
Panhandle Popcorn Company was opened in 1942. They sell their special hybrid popcorn, popcorn supplies and concession equipment regionally and decorative popcorn tins nationally. Their website is at: http://www.panhandlepopcorn.com.
Swimming Pools
US Fiberglass located in Plainview in 2001. USF is a new branch of a company already established in California (Hawaiian Swimming Pools). The company manufactures fiberglass pool and spa shells. They sell to dealers all over the United States. http://www.alohafiberglasspools.com
Tortilla Plant
Casa Rica Tortillas located their plant in Plainview. They manufacture flour and corn tortillas. Casa Rica products can be found in grocery stores, food markets, and restaurants. Food brokers market their products to businesses all over the United States. Their website is located at: http://www.casarica.com
Refrigeration Company
NorAm Logistics South, an Iowa based company, opened in July
2007,
which contracts refrigeration services with companies such as Cargill
and other food related businesses. Its 40,000 square foot
building is comprised mostly of refrigerated storage.