General company information

❖ Company headquarters: Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate

❖ Foundation: 1850

❖ Number of employees: >600 (2018)

❖ Sales: 222 million euros (2019)

❖ Production sites: 2 units (pork slaughtering at SIMON-Fleisch, beef slaughtering outsourced to subsidiary Klaus

     Dieter Fuchs GmbH

❖ Exports: SIMON-Fleisch exports worldwide (share approx. 30%). Main markets abroad: EU countries &

     increasingly Asia

❖ Import: approx. 3150 pigs are slaughtered daily, slaughter pigs from Germany are used and imported from

     neighbouring European countries

❖ Slaughter pigs come from farmers, producer groups and livestock trading companies

❖ Slaughterings/year: 2019: 1.1 million pigs in Germany

❖ Market shares in total: approx. 2%

❖ Licenses: Company meets the hygiene requirements for exports to Europe and Asia

 

Product portfolio

❖ Leading family-run EU slaughter and cutting plant in Rhineland-Palatinate

❖ Since 2014 pure slaughterhouse for pigs

❖ Meat processing and refinement

❖ Meat products are supplied to national and international business-to-business sectors

❖ Product range extends from rough cutting to the ready-for-sale version for the meat counters

 

Challenges

❖ Declining meat consumption in Germany (approx. 70% of the meat produced is not exported)

❖ Fluctuating price trends for pigmeat

❖ Climate change & increased focus on sustainability

❖ Limited growth possible on own industrial estate

❖ COVID-19 pandemic

 

Strategies

❖ Continuous and solid growth, expansion of the production area to the height or purchase of industrial area

❖ Regionality

❖ Sustainability & Animal Welfare

❖ Employee satisfaction

❖ On-schedule delivery and independence through the use of the company's own fleet (over 60 commercial vehicles)