Vion NV

VION Food Group
Industry Agriculture
Headquarters Eindhoven, Netherlands
Products
  • pork processing
  • semi-finished products
Revenue Decrease €7.0 billion (2013)[1]
Number of employees
6,669 (2013)[1]
Website www.vionfoodgroup.com

VION N.V. is an internationally operating company with two core activities: Food and Ingredients. The Dutch group produces high-quality foodstuffs for humans and animals. In 2012, VION's turnover amounted to € 9.7 billion. At the start of 2013, the company employed 21,000 staff. VION is not a listed company and has one shareholder, the Dutch Zuidelijke Land- en Tuinbouworganisatie (ZLTO), an agricultural and horticultural association with some 16,500 members.

VION Food Group consists of two core activities: - VION Food: founded in 2003 by a merger of Dumeco, Hendrix Meat Group, Moksel and NFZ. These include export abattoirs and meat processing. The product portfolio of VION's Food core activities comprises fresh pork and beef, a diverse range of convenience food products and a wide range of vegetarian consumer products. - VION Ingredients: which consists of Ecoson, Sonac, Rendac and Rousselot, a gelatin producer. VION Ingredients holds global positions in the slaughter by-product markets. Its core activity is adding value to proteins and fats. The products are used as ingredients in such markets as pharmaceutics, cosmetics, food, feed, energy and technology.

References

  1. 1 2 "Annual report 2013" (PDF). VION Holding N.V. 2014-04-24. p. 3. Retrieved 2014-07-20.


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