Thermal — Industrial cooking companies in Europe

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• ADIV

  France — Clermont-Ferrand

  Thermal — Industrial cooking / Thermal — Smoking / Fermentation — Lactic acid bacteria / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie

  ACTIA pilot meat processing centre (since 1989) for sausage, charcuterie and ready meals.

• Apetito AG

  Germany — Rheine

  Freezing — Block freezing / Freezing — IQF / Thermal — Industrial cooking / Meat & seafood — Marinated meats

  Major frozen ready meals producer (>11,500 FTE, since 1958) for foodservice and retail.

• Apetito BV

  Netherlands — Den Bosch

  Thermal — Industrial cooking / Freezing — Block freezing / Infant & medical — Medical nutrition

  Frozen ready-meals producer for healthcare and foodservice with private-label capability.

• Boucherie-Traiteur Niessen Sarl

  Luxembourg — Bertrange

  Thermal — Industrial cooking / Thermal — Sterilization / Packaging — Vacuum packing / Packaging — Primary packaging / Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie

  Luxembourg's reference organic and biodynamic butcher (since 1982). One of the few Demeter-certified meat processors in the country, with a dedicated organic facility supplying the Naturata/BIOG ecosystem and offering jar conserves through Delhaize.

• Celavita BV

  Netherlands — Wezep

  Thermal — Industrial cooking / Packaging — MAP (modified atmosphere) / Fruit & veg — Fresh-cut

  Fresh and chilled potato meal components and ready-to-cook potato side dishes for private label. Part of Royal Cosun.

• Cobolux SA

  Luxembourg — Wecker

  Thermal — Industrial cooking / Packaging — Vacuum packing / Packaging — MAP (modified atmosphere) / Packaging — Primary packaging / Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry

  Luxembourg's principal meat-processing platform (since 1956). Cuts, debones, processes and packs meat for major Luxembourg supermarkets via private label and supplies a network of independent butchers and HoReCa across the Greater Region.

• Cooperl Arc Atlantique

  France — Lamballe

  Thermal — Industrial cooking / Thermal — Smoking / Freezing — Block freezing / Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Meat & seafood — Marinated meats

  Largest pork coop (since 1966) — Madrange, Brocéliande, Paul Prédault — across 14 sites for branded and MDD.

• Davigel

  France — Martin-Eglise

  Freezing — IQF / Freezing — Block freezing / Thermal — Industrial cooking / Meat & seafood — Marinated meats

  Sysco-owned (since 1963) frozen foods producer for foodservice and retail — branded and MDD.

• Egga Food BV

  Netherlands — Netherlands

  Thermal — Industrial cooking / Packaging — Primary packaging / Packaging — Vacuum packing / Eggs — Liquid egg products

  Hardeman Egg Group's specialist for boiled, peeled and coloured eggs, packing hundreds of millions of eggs/year for convenience food, retail, salads and foodservice.

• Fides Petfood France

  France — Longue-Jumelles

  Extrusion — Pet food extrusion / Thermal — Industrial cooking / Pet food — Treats & chews / Pet food — Semi-moist

  Fides group (BE) French plant for dry and wet pet food private label.

• Fleury Michon

  France — Pouzauges

  Thermal — Industrial cooking / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Meat & seafood — Surimi / Meat & seafood — Marinated meats

  Listed major (since 1905) producing charcuterie, ready meals and surimi — branded and MDD ham across multi-site operations.

• Frial

  France — Bayeux

  Freezing — IQF / Freezing — Block freezing / Thermal — Industrial cooking / Meat & seafood — Fish processing / Meat & seafood — Marinated meats

  Le Duff group pure-play co-manufacturer (since 1980) with 3 sites for frozen ready meals and seafood — private label only.

• FRoSTA AG

  Germany — Bremerhaven

  Freezing — IQF / Freezing — Block freezing / Thermal — Industrial cooking / Meat & seafood — Fish processing / Fruit & veg — IQF vegetables / fruits / herbs / Meat & seafood — Marinated meats

  Major frozen producer (since 1905) — fish, vegetables, ready meals — with active COPACK private-label division.

• Geti Wilba Holding

  Germany — Bremervoerde

  Thermal — Industrial cooking / Freezing — Block freezing / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat / Meat & seafood — Marinated meats

  Strong PL frozen meat meals producer (since 1984, ~300 FTE Hilter, owned by CMP Capital). Frozen ready-meals and meat convenience.

• Greenway Foods

  Belgium — Ghent

  Thermal — Industrial cooking / Freezing — IQF / Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues / Alt-protein — Textured vegetable protein (TVP)

  Belgian veggie pioneer (since 1998) co-creating vegetarian and vegan products for Delhaize, Spar, Sligro, foodservice and festivals.

• Groupe Bigard

  France — Quimperle

  Thermal — Industrial cooking / Freezing — Block freezing / Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Meat & seafood — Marinated meats

  Bigard family-owned (since 1968) dominant beef major (Charal, Socopa) with 60 sites and 28 abattoirs for branded and MDD.

• heristo AG

  Germany — Bad Rothenfelde

  Thermal — Industrial cooking / Thermal — Sterilization / Packaging — Canning / Packaging — Vacuum packing / Packaging — MAP (modified atmosphere) / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat / Meat & seafood — Fish processing / Pet food — Semi-moist

  Heavy private-label group (~€1.4bn, since 1908) — Stockmeyer, Saturn Petcare, Ferdi Fuchs, Provital, Riedl across cooked sausage, convenience, fish.

• Houdek GmbH

  Germany — Vilsbiburg

  Thermal — Industrial cooking / Thermal — Smoking / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat

  Bavarian sausage producer (since 1934) including organic.

• Iglo GmbH

  Germany — Hamburg

  Freezing — IQF / Freezing — Block freezing / Thermal — Industrial cooking / Fruit & veg — IQF vegetables / fruits / herbs / Meat & seafood — Fish processing / Meat & seafood — Marinated meats

  Major frozen vegetables, fish and meals producer (since 1956, Nomad Foods).

• Kermene

  France — Vilde-Guingalan

  Thermal — Industrial cooking / Freezing — Block freezing / Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Meat & seafood — Marinated meats

  E.Leclerc captive MDD producer (since 1969) for beef, pork and ready meals.

• Krekenavos Agrofirma UAB

  Lithuania — Kėdainiai

  Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Thermal — Industrial cooking

  Lithuania's largest slaughterhouse (€120M+ turnover). Pork and beef slaughter, fresh meat (>100 t/day), thermally-processed products (~30 t/day); ~30% market share fresh meat, ~14% processed.

• LDC Group

  France — Sable-sur-Sarthe

  Thermal — Industrial cooking / Freezing — Block freezing / Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat / Meat & seafood — Marinated meats

  Largest EU poultry producer (LDC family, since 1968) — Galliance, Marie, Maître CoQ, Loué — for branded and MDD across multi-site operations.

• Le Graet Fidele

  France — Carhaix

  Thermal — Industrial cooking / Thermal — Sterilization / Pet food — Semi-moist

  Le Graët group wet pet food contract specialist for mousses and bouchées en gelée (appertisé).

• Madrange

  France — Limoges

  Thermal — Industrial cooking / Thermal — Smoking / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie

  Cooperl-owned (since 1924) producer of cooked ham and charcuterie — strong MDD.