Change in the Vion Supervisory Board
Boxtel, 18 February 2021 – Vion has announced today that Hans Huijbers has stepped down as a member of Vion’s Supervisory Board (SB) effective from 14 July 2020. Hans Huijbers…
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Vion subsidiary is optimistic: “De Groene Weg” is coming to Germany
The Dutch organic meat producer De Groene Weg wants to build demand-oriented organic supply chains in Germany too. The company will present its plans at the Biofach. The world’s annual…
Animals in slaughterhouses better monitored by innovative camera surveillance
A unique group of organisations has co-created an innovative camera surveillance system to better monitor how animals are handled in slaughterhouses Boxtel, 25 January 2021 – Over the last years,…
Albert Heijn makes its pork range more sustainable in collaboration with Vion and pig farmers
Better for Pig, Nature and Farmer Albert Heijn is making its pork production chain more sustainable and transparent. Together with pig farmers and meat processor Vion, the supermarket chain is…
Vion seeks to expand its position in Belgium
Boxtel, 5 January 2021 – Vion Food Group intends to acquire beef producer Adriaens in Zottegem (Belgium) after a period of intensive cooperation. Through this acquisition, Vion wishes to focus…
De Groene Weg achieves substantial turnover growth in 2020
The butcher’s shops of De Groene Weg in the Netherlands, the market leader in organic meat in the Netherlands, have enjoyed an exceptionally good year. They achieved an average turnover…
Vion makes pork supply chains transparent through blockchain technology
Vion has started to connect the Good Farming Star pork supply chain to the ‘digital highway’ by means of blockchain. The supply chain will then be digitally connected and made…
Largest staff integration at Vion started in Landshut last week
The first 180 of 3,300 new employees are permanently hired Buchloe, 7 December 2020 – Ahead of the German Parliament passing the new Occupational Health and Safety Act for the…
Project ‘Stal Elektra Alert’ (Barn Electricity Alert) for fire safety in stables
Vion, suppliers association StarFarmers, Connecting Agri & Food and PinCAgro introduce the project ‘Stal Elektra Alert’ (Barn Electricity Alert). Smart sensors in the meter cupboard that warn the pig farmer…
Vion Boxtel invests heavily in odour improvements
Vion Boxtel odour investigation results known The investigation into the odour nuisance at Vion Boxtel, which was instituted at the end of last year, is almost complete. Research agency Witteveen+Bos…