A European group of companies - Saria Bio-Industries AG & Co. KG

NO.1 FEBRUARY
news
2008
THE SARIA BIO-INDUSTRIES NEWSPAPER
WWW.SARIA.COM
SARIA Bio-Industries:
A European group
of companies
Cuxhaven
Sternberg
> In this issue:
A journey to 26
of our 96 sites
La Coruña
Hude
Kogel
Malchin
Herzberg
Melle
Münster Detmold
Hohenhameln
Genthin, Mützel
Selm Dörnten
Marl
Wathlingen
St. Hilaire du Harcoët
Lünen
Bresinchen
Schwerz
St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte St. Aubin-le-Cauf
Linnich
Morlaix
Elxleben
Crouay
Beuvryla-Forêt
Schwalmtal-Hopfgarten
Plouvara
Schwallungen
Brest
Lisieux
Wünschendorf
Trémorel, Uzel
Guillerval Château-
Eltmann-Limbach
Concarneau
St. Germain s. Ille
Locminé
Arzano
Vitré Ecommoy Thierry
Würzburg
Guer
Etampes
Hüttenfeld
Žichlinek
Guérande Issé Bazouges St. Denis-le-Ponts
Rezé Echemiré
Medlov
Brains
Auverse
Eckbolsheim
Metzingen
Les Essarts
Appenweier
Mulhouse Villingen
Tulln
St. Denis
Oberding
Benet
Nérondes
Dun-le-Palestel Curgy
Hermannsdorf
Bayet
Krumbach
Reignac
Yzeure
Odry
Györ
Długi l Borek
Gołcza l
Przewrotne
Bereza
Chalagnac
Avanne
Cros de Montvert
St. Chély d´Apcher
Muret
Beaucaire
Madrid
Arganda del Rey
Barcelona

CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
Editorial by Dr. Kurt Stoffel 3
EUROPE
96 sites in Europe – SARIA keeps growing 4
From melting fat to upgrading it 6
KFU special facility north of the Harz 7
Boosting quality at our fishmeal works in Cuxhaven 8
ecoMotion opts for rail 10
New biogas plant at Malchin site 11
10 years of the SARIA Group in Poland 12
Ultrafiltration facility for wastewater treatment in Długi Borek 13
SARIA active in Belarus 14
Sludge drying in Przewrotne 15
Treating food waste in Poland 16
Overcoming bird flu in the Czech Republic 17
Mankovice: Biofilter with dome 18
New production lines in Medlov 18
Full remodelling of the Illzach plant (Mulhouse) 19
The Bayet production facility 20
SARIA in Spain since 1989 21
IMPRESSIONS
DIMARGRASA takes part in training workshop 24
New plans for DIMARGRASA 25
ÁRTABRA – a diverse facility with a bright future 26
A site of change: Benet 27
Food fats from Alva and Célys in Rezé 28
Expansion at Issé 29
Kervalis working for the petfood industry 30
Fishmeal and fish oil from Concarneau 31
Plouvara – in the heart of Brittany 32
Expanding the Lampertheim-Hüttenfeld site 33
ReFood GmbH 35
UNIMELT – fat melting in Würzburg 37
ReFood now also active in Franconia 38
The SecAnim site at Elxleben 39
ReFood Marl – a new location 40
Good for us, bad for pigs? 42
NEWS AND VIEWS
Séminaire français” on the Rhine 43
It might take a while … New driving time regulations 43

EDITORIAL
Dear customers, neighbours and
friends of SARIA, dear employees
This latest issue of the SARIA newspaper
is entitled “SARIA in EUROPE” as
we invite you to join us on a journey to
26 of the 96 sites now operated by the
SARIA Group in Europe.
If you compare this imaginary trip with
the journey we took two years ago in
the “SARIA – a good neighbour in
Europe” edition of SARIA News, you
will notice some common ground of
course, as well as a number of exciting
new features. These new activities and
new sites are described below by the
people in charge on the ground and
show how we are driving the Group forward.
One good example of this is how wide
an area we need to cover in order to
take in all the locations from which
SARIA performs its services, collects
raw materials and manufactures products
that meet our customers’ requirements.
In the west, our reach extends to
La Coruña (Galicia/Spain) as a result of
acquiring ARTABRA, a company that
collects and processes animal by-products
and fish waste. The Group is also
active far to the east in the form of
ongoing investment in a modern
processing facility for animal by-products
in Bereza (Belarus). As you will see,
the SARIA Group is committed to build-
ing its position as a key player in the
treatment and application of animal byproducts
in Europe. Over the past few
years, SARIA has succeeded in positioning
itself as a European group of companies
with specialist business units
that enable it to operate successfully as
a service provider to the agricultural,
meat and fish industries. We process
raw materials from these areas into
high-quality products for a wide variety
of purposes. Here the applications range
from biodiesel production to superior
fat products for use in food production.
This kind of success does not happen by
itself. Changes in legislation and developments
in the markets for raw materials
and products constantly present us
with challenges – in a positive way. Tailoring
new products to our customers’
requirements, ensuring the highest
standards of quality and hygiene and
actively taking measures to protect the
environment at our processing sites are
some of the motivating forces behind
investment and the changes we are
making to production processes. We are
also continuing to expand existing
areas of the business and complementing
them with new activities that add
even more value. All this is only possible
with a team that is committed to
knowing, understanding and fulfilling
the wishes and needs of our customers,
business partners and the relevant
Dr. Kurt Stoffel
Spokesman for the
Management Board
“ These new activities and new sites are
described below by the people in charge on
the ground and show how we are driving the
Group forward.”
authorities. On behalf of the SARIA
team, I can assure you that doing this to
the best of our ability continues to be
the focus of our efforts. It is now time
to wish you “bon voyage”: Join us on a
journey through the world of SARIA in
Europe.
Best wishes
Dr. Kurt Stoffel
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EUROPE
96 sites in Europe –
SARIA keeps growing
Production at 56 locations
Exactly two years ago, we invited our
readers to join us in exploring numerous
locations within the SARIA
Group. A great deal has happened
since then: Many sites have been expanded
at great expense, others
closed, while new ones were added.
Most modifications are the result of
ever-changing legislation and markets.
For example, the EU ruling that food
waste may no longer be fed to animals
led directly to the expansion
and construction of facilities for
transferring and treating food waste,
as well as biogas plants (including
Hüttenfeld, Marl, Malchin, Genthin).
La Coruña
Other factors prompted consolidation,
such as the closure of the Lorient
“fish” site in France and the conversion
and expansion of the current
facility for fish-related processes at
Concarneau. Furthermore, we have
acquired companies in virtually
every country to extend SARIA’s
reach.
As you will see, SARIA responds to a
constantly changing environment
quickly and flexibly.
Today, SARIA Bio-Industries is represented
by over 3,500 employees and
56 production facilities at 96 locations
in 9 European countries.
Join us as we travel east from Selm
in Germany to Bereza in Belarus,
west to La Coruña in Galicia, and
then back through France to Selm.
St. Hilaire du Harcoët
Mar
St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte St. Aubin-le-Cauf
L
Morlaix
Crouay
Beuvryla-Forêt
Schwalmtal
Brest
Plouvara
Lisieux
Trémorel, Uzel
Guillerval Château
Concarneau
St. Germain s. Ille
Locminé
Arzano
Vitré Ecommoy Thierry
Guer
Etampes
Guérande Issé Bazouges St. Denis-le-Ponts
Brains
Echemiré
Rezé Auverse
Eckbolsheim
Les Essarts
St. Denis
Mulhouse
Benet
Nérondes
Dun-le-Palestel Curgy
Bayet
Reignac
Yzeure
Chalagnac
Avanne
Cros de Montvert
St. Chély d´Apcher
Muret
Beaucaire
Madrid
Barcelona
Arganda del Rey
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Cuxhaven
Hude
Kogel
Malchin
Herzberg
Melle Hohenhameln
Münster Detmold
Genthin, Mützel
Selm Dörnten
l
Wathlingen
Lünen
Bresinchen
Schwerz
innich
Elxleben
-Hopfgarten Schwallungen
Wünschendorf
Hüttenfeld
Eltmann-Limbach
Würzburg
Metzingen
Appenweier
Villingen
Oberding
Sternberg
Žichlinek
Medlov
Tulln
Hermannsdorf
Krumbach
Kaisiadorys
Długi Borek
Bereza
Gołcza
Przewrotne
Odry
Györ
Minsk
Travel route
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Following comprehensive
conversion work:
The state-of-the-art fat
processing plant in Melle
Melle,
Germany
Cuxhaven Sternberg
Hude
Ma
Kogel
Herzb
Melle Hohenhameln
Münster Detmold
Dörnten Genthin
Marl Selm
Wathlingen
Lünen
B
Schwerz
Linnich
Elxleben
Schwalmtal-Hopfgarten Schwallungen
Wünsche
From melting fat
to upgrading it
Joachim Riechmann,
Branch Manager Melle
Turning purified frying fats into biodiesel
At the new ReFood facility in Melle/
Riemsloh we purify waste grease and
frying fats from the restaurant trade.
The processed fats are then made
into biodiesel at ecoMotion GmbH
plants (a SARIA subsidiary).
For a long time, our site in Melle/
Riemsloh was a UNIMELT fat melting
plant, similar to the operation in
Würzburg. Both facilities were
acquired from the GELITA Group in
1998.
A sharp fall in the raw materials
processed at these plants (fatty parts
from animals fit for human consumption)
made it necessary to close
the Melle site. After a short period of
stoppage, a decision was made to use
the site again after all, whereby it
was fully converted into a fat
processing and purification facility
and incorporated into SARIA subsidiary
ReFood.
All the existing equipment was
removed and replaced with new
plant engineering. Parts of the building
were gutted and new parts were
added. The entire piping system from
the fat separator to the purification
unit was refurbished. In addition, a
flotation separator was installed
ahead of the fat separator to improve
the management of effluents.
Today, Melle is home to a state-ofthe-art
processing plant with the
capacity to purify 30,000 tonnes of
waste grease and frying fats every
year for supplying to ecoMotion’s
biodiesel plants.
Fats are delivered to the plant from
Estonia, France, the UK and other
countries, not just Germany. Melle is
well on the way to becoming a location
of major importance in the field
of waste fat processing in Europe.
This all helps to complete a positive
cycle whereby used fats become fuel.
Today, we employ 20 people in
Melle.
● Joachim Riechmann
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The KFU special facility in Dörnten:
Modern production in listed buildings
Cuxhaven Sternberg
Hude
Malchin
Kogel
Herzberg
Melle Hohenhameln
Münster Detmold
Genthin, Mütz
Selm Dörnten
Marl
Wathlingen
Lünen
Bresinch
Schwerz
Linnich
Elxleben
almtal-Hopfgarten Schwallungen
Dörnten,
Germany
KFU special facility
north of the Harz
Processing pig slaughter by-products
A KFU facility for specialist products
based on by-products from pig
slaughter is located in Dörnten, a
small community of 1,500 inhabitants
situated between Goslar and
Salzgitter in Lower Saxony, on the
edge of the North Harz region.
Because the various production facilities
within the KFU Group have specialised
functions, the Dörnten site is
able to focus on producing pure
high-protein meal exclusively from
porcine by-products.
The natural proteins we produce are
used in the petfood industry, with
the technical fats that also accumulate
then utilised as a raw material in
making biodiesel.
The team at the KFU site in Dörnten
Because the buyers of our end products
have demanding requirements,
it is essential that raw materials are
processed promptly within just a few
hours of becoming available at the
slaughterhouse or meat processing
company.
KFU Dörnten has an integrated
approach to environmental protection,
participating in the ÖKO Profit
project which the KFU branch at
Marl has already been successfully
involved in. The team of 30 employees
at Dörnten received this accolade
in early 2008.
Thanks to investment in recent
months, the site is in a position to
meet growing market requirements
into the future. With an annual
capacity of some 50,000 tonnes, the
Dörnten site is ideally placed to
respond to the specific interests of
suppliers and buyers alike.
● Axel Munderloh
Axel Munderloh,
Branch Manager Dörnten
La Coruna – Benet – Rezé – Issé – Vitré – Concarneau – Plouvara – Hüttenfeld – Würzburg – Eltmann Limbach – Elxleben – Marl
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EUROPE
VFC only processes fish
waste from the fish
processing industry
Cuxhaven,
Germany
Cuxhaven
Sternberg
Hude
Malchin
Kogel
Herzberg
Melle Hohenhameln
Münster Detmold
Genthin, Mütz
Selm
Dörnten
Marl
Wathlingen
Lünen
Bresinch
Schwerz
Linnich
Elxleben
l l H f
Boosting quality at our fishmeal
works in Cuxhaven
Aquacultures gaining in importance
Mathias Brand-Schönau,
Commercial Manager VFC
As a partner to the fish processing
industry in Germany and neighbouring
European states, Vereinigte Fischmehlwerke
Cuxhaven GmbH & Co.
KG (VFC) handles the disposal of fish
cuts and fish waste. The fresh leftovers
are used in an ecologically sustainable
way to produce high-quality
animal feed suitable for pig fattening,
fish farms, and as food for dogs,
cats and ornamental fish. Fishmeal
competes with conventional feeds
which are generally made from plants
such as cereals.
Within the European Union, fishing
and aquaculture are important
industries. With fish stocks dwindling
all the time and in the face of
challenges presented by the global
economy, the fisheries sector – and
fish processing in particular – has
been subject to a process of continual
change for several years. Here
aquaculture is becoming increasingly
important in the production of fish
commodities. Processors of fish parts
and waste also need to meet these
challenges by diversifying, finding
new niche products and improving
the quality of their products. Modern
technology can be deployed to boost
added value while at the same
improving hygiene conditions and
reducing pollution.
With sea fishing nearing its limits
but overall consumption of fish and
seafood rising, controlled fish breeding
provides a way of satisfying this
demand. Fish production within
aquacultures is now the fastest growing
area of the fish processing industry
and requires a constant supply of
farm feed such as fishmeal.
Alongside aquaculture and the mixed
feed industry, for which fishmeal is
an interesting and key product, VFC
has succeeded in generating niche
opportunities in the petfood market,
for example. This industry understands
how to use various fishmeal
specialities in its recipes. Today, VFC
supplies proprietary salmon or
shrimp meal to a number of facilities
for a leading petfood manufacturer.
VFC has now been named an “A”
supplier for this customer. We
achieved this standard of quality
partly by investing in our own laboratory.
The results of analysis could
therefore be monitored as part of an
ongoing improvement process and
provided to the customer. Naturally
production facilities are also subject
to a continuous process of improvement
and renewal.
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As well as generally improving
processing and product quality
together with the conditions for marketing
its products, the competitiveness
of Vereinigte Fischmehlwerke
Cuxhaven GmbH & Co. KG as a
whole has been enhanced. We have
also helped secure existing jobs and
create new positions.
● Mathias Brand-Schönau
Aquaculture is becoming
increasingly important
in the production of fish
commodities
To meet the requirements of EU Regulation
1774/2002, we invested in a
number of areas to improve the
quality and hygiene of the raw fish
materials for processing and the end
products (fishmeal/oil). These
included:
Improving the receipt and temporary
storage of raw materials
Improving and monitoring product
quality and hygiene conditions
Improving health and safety at
work
Improving odour emissions in the
ambient air
La Coruna – Benet – Rezé – Issé – Vitré – Concarneau – Plouvara – Hüttenfeld – Würzburg – Eltmann Limbach – Elxleben – Marl
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EUROPE
100,000-tonne biodiesel
facility, Sternberg
ecoMotion opts for rail
15,000 tonnes of biodiesel to date dispatched from Sternberg by rail
Jens Quandt,
Commercial Manager
Sternberg
Sternberg,
Germany
Cuxhaven
Melle
Münster Detmold
Selm
Lünen
nich
Hopfgarten
On 19 May 2006, ecoMotion GmbH – a rapeseed processing company in Sternberg,
Mecklenburg – opened a 100,000-tonne biodiesel production facility
based on rapeseed. Because the site is situated close to the rail station, a decision
was made to transport the eco-friendly biofuel by rail, with the aim of reducing
HGV traffic through the well-known spa town of Sternberg in northern
Germany.
We teamed up with Prignitzer Eisenbahn
GmbH (PEG), the first private
railway in the neighbouring state of
Brandenburg and a rail infrastructure
company with the experience needed
to operate a track. Based on these
favourable conditions, ecoMotion
once again decided to invest in the
region and for the region. The track
from Blankenberg to Dabel was
Sternberg
Hude
Malchin
Kogel
Herzberg
Hohenhameln
Genthin, Mützel
Dörnten
Wathlingen
Bresinchen
Schwerz
Elxleben
S h ll g
acquired from Deutsche Bahn, the
national operator, and a biodieselloading
terminal was built at Sternberg
station conforming to the latest
standards.
Passenger train services from Sternberg
were phased out in May 1998
and last year the occasional military
transports to Dabel were also discontinued.
The remaining part of the
former Wismar-Karower railway –
the Blankenberg-Sternberg-Dabel
line – was like many branch lines
elsewhere in the state of Mecklenburg-Western
Pomerania threatened
with closure. It seemed that the 120th
anniversary on 14 November 2007
would not be reached. Eisenbahngesellschaft
Potsdam mbH (EGP), a midsized
rail transportation company, is
committed to promoting regional rail
freight services and has already
achieved considerable success in the
district of Prignitz. They helped facilitate
the transportation of biodiesel by
rail. On 20 August 2007, a test train
departed from Sternberg and on 15
September a celebration was held for
the citizens of Sternberg, including a
tour and shuttle trips.
The first 15,000 tonnes of biodiesel
were loaded onto freight trains and
shipped to their destinations between
August and December 2007. This
clearly has a substantial impact on
reducing road traffic.
● Jens Quandt
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New biogas plant
at Malchin site
2-megawatt facility operational from February 2008
Cuxhaven Sternberg
Hude Malchin
Kogel
Herzberg
Melle Hohenhameln
r Detmold
Genthin, Mützel
elm
Dörnten
Wathlingen
n
Bresinchen
Schwerz
Elxleben
Malchin,
Germany
Following the ban on using processed
food and kitchen waste as high-quality
pig fattening feed from 1 November
2006, a new use needed to be
found: Fermentation to produce biogas
and thereby generate electrical
and thermal energy (see also SARI-
Anews No. 1/2007).
Supplying food waste processed in
Malchin to an external biogas facility
was only intended to be a temporary
solution. In late 2006, management
therefore decided to build the
company’s own biogas plant at the
Malchin site. Here we were able to
draw on experience gained at the
existing biogas facilities in Genthin,
Kogel and Schwallungen.
The new biogas plant is set to offer
a processing capacity of approx.
76,000 tonnes of food waste and
co-substrates per year. Like the
facility in Schwallungen (Thuringia),
which was commissioned in
2006, the plant will generate an
output of 2 MW. The biogas will be
converted into electrical and thermal
energy via gas engines in two
combined heat and power units. In
line with Germany’s renewable
energy legislation (EEG), the electricity
will be fed into the national
power grid, while the thermal energy
will be used on-site at the processing
facility for animal by-products
(SecAnim) and the biodiesel plant
(ecoMotion). Completion is scheduled
for February 2008.
By setting up this biogas plant with
combined heat and power units,
ReFood is enhancing the Malchin
location by applying future-oriented
technology to the processing of biological
waste. At the same time,
ReFood is supporting the general
shift towards using renewable energy
and creating more jobs.
● Siegfried Kochanek
Siegfried Kochanek,
Area Manager Brandenburg/
Berlin, Managing Director
of ReFood
The fermenter at the new biogas plant in Malchin. From February 2008, 76,000 tonnes of food
waste and co-substrate will be processed here every year
Setting the standard: The biogas facility in
Schwallungen
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10 years of the
SARIA Group in Poland
Folk celebrations in September 2007
Robert Woś,
Commercial Manager
SARIA Poland
It is easy to imagine the health risks that would arise if slaughter waste and
carcasses were not collected and disposed of. One of the key objectives of the
SARIA Group in Poland is to eliminate this risk to humans – something it has
now been doing for 10 years.
The SARIA Group has three production
facilities in Poland: Wielkanoc
(Gołca), Przewrotne and Długi Borek.
Following extensive modernisation
and expansion during the past few
years they now comply with both
Polish and EU statutory veterinary
service requirements and standards.
As specialised facilities for processing
animal by-products, they handle
the disposal and utilisation of category
1, 2 and 3 slaughter by-products
and food waste, as well as manufacturing
meat/bonemeal and animal
fats.
Between 1997 and 2006, over 120
million Polish zlotys (approx. 33 million
euros) were invested here.
The SARIA Group in Poland has been
awarded prestigious Polish prizes
relating to corporate fair play and
environmentally friendly business on
several occasions, which attests to its
integrity and credibility with trade
partners, administrative bodies,
employees and the local area.
The SARIA facilities are service providers
for over 1,000 meat plants
and slaughterhouses in southern,
northern and eastern Poland.
Together, the plants process in excess
of 200,000 tonnes of slaughter byproducts
per year and produce
approx. 70,000 tonnes of meal and
fats.
10th anniversary of the
SARIA Group in Poland
On 28 September 2007, the
SARIA Group celebrated 10 years
in Poland, taking the opportunity
to invite many guests to join
them, including owners and coowners
of SARIA companies in
Poland and Europe, customers,
local and district authorities, vets
and company employees. The
gathering also gave us the
chance to review the Group’s
activities in Poland over the decade,
to share information about
new trends in the European markets
and to present other Group
objectives and strategies. Member
of the SARIA management board
Manfred Gellner and joint partner
Jurek Byczyński gave short
speeches to mark the occasion.
● Robert Woś
Plenty of local colour:
Celebrating 10 years
of SARIA Polska
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(From left: Franziscek
Pątko, Zbigniew Lis,
Manfred Gellner,
Jurek Byczyński,
Maria Byczyńska)
Dorota Lenkiewicz
Leiterin der Kläranlage
Długi Borek
Ultrafiltration facility for wastewater
treatment in Długi Borek
Container ultrafiltration facility
The Długi Borek plant east of Szczytno
started extending and modernising its
treatment facility in 2006.
The existing treatment plant did not
have enough throughput to treat all
the wastewater necessary. The new
technology deployed is based on conventional
biological methods of
wastewater treatment using “activated
sludge”. What is new, however,
is that the post-treatment clarifier has
been replaced by an ultrafiltration
facility. The ultrafiltration process
involves separating activated sludge
particles from treated wastewater
with the help of membranes. Following
biological cleaning, the activated
sludge is channelled into the container
ultrafiltration facility where
the final stage of purification is performed.
All processes are automated
and computer-controlled. We also
have the option of managing ultrafiltration
via the Internet.
The ultrafiltration facility has a maximum
hourly output of 22.5 m3/hr
based on a membrane area of 819 sq
m. The membrane pores are 0.04 μm
in size. Shortly after completion in
summer 2007 we were already
achieving 99% efficiency in treating
wastewater.
● Dorota Lenkiewicz
Długi Borek
Kaisiadorys
Bereza
Dorota Lenkiewicz,
Head of the Treatment
Facility Długi Borek
Długi Borek,
Poland
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EUROPE
The new slaughterhouse
waste processing plant in
Bereza will come on-stream
in autumn 2008
SARIA active in Belarus
New production facility under construction on a greenfield site
Liudvikas Morkunas,
Sales Eastern Europe
Bereza,
Belarus
In the town of Bereza (over 30,000 inhabitants), SARIA will be disposing of
slaughterhouse waste from all over southwest Belarus from summer 2008.
The latest SARIA building site can be
found in Belarus, 250 km southwest
of Minsk on the Moscow-Brest-Berlin
motorway. A new plant is being constructed
here on a 6.5-hectare greenfield
site to process animal by-products.
New gas, electricity and telephone
lines covering many kilome-
Długi Borek
Kaisiadorys
Bereza
tres have now been laid because previously
there was no infrastructure
in place.
Soon 70 people will be employed at
the Bereza site to handle the modern,
timely collection and processing of
slaughter by-products in Belarus.
As at all other plants, the by-products
of the slaughter process will be
broken down, sterilised, degreased
and dried. The necessary heat will be
generated in a separate boiler house,
with gas used as fuel. A modern
treatment facility is being built to
process effluent.
With a processing capacity of 45,000
tonnes per year, the plant will handle
slaughter by-products from throughout
the southwestern part of Belarus.
Approx. 12,000 tonnes of meal
and 4,500 tonnes of fat are set to
be produced.
There are currently more than ten
SARIA employees in Belarus working
primarily on construction
management and machine assembly,
as well as already being
involved in preparing for sales. We
have seen that meat-processing
plants are extremely interested in
this new opportunity to send their
by-products for processing at a
high-tech facility managed according
to EU standards.
The facility is scheduled to come
on-stream in autumn 2008.
● Liudvikas Morkunas
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Entrance to the Przewrotne
site, Poland’s most advanced
facility for processing
animal by-products
Sludge drying in Przewrotne
Environmentally friendly utilisation of heat
In the process of treating sewage both at municipal and industrial treatment
plants, a large amount of surplus activated sludge is generated. Processing this
sludge can significantly affect the functioning and performance of sewage
plants and this was also the situation in Poland until now.
well as making it possible to obtain
fuel from the dried sludge mass.
Compared to the previous cost of
disposing of sludge outside the plant,
Czesław Malita,
Plant Manager
Przewrotne branch
When modernising the facility as a
whole and increasing production
capacity, the excessive condensate
temperature became a problem. In
terms of thermal balance, this does
not seem to be a major issue, because
the water is redeployed in operations.
However, at temperatures above
100°C damage occurs to the pump
walls. Not only does this increase
wear and tear to pumps – worse still,
it completely stops the production of
steam.
Given these two problems, managing
director Franciszek Pątko came up
with the idea to build a drying facility
that would use the heat from the condensates
returning from the production
plants as a source of energy.
The drying facility covers an area of
180 sq m, with the flooring in the
heated section made of concrete into
which heating tubes are integrated.
In order to accelerate the drying
process, five mechanical heaters were
also incorporated, whose outlets are
directed at the drying layer.
The heat source for both the floor
heating and the heaters is the energy
contained in the returning condensate.
Drying the layer takes a good
48 hours. The dried sludge can then
be incinerated with small coal, with
the dried mass generating 17,000
kcal/kg. Applying this method lowers
the temperature of the condensate
and reduces the pumps’ vulnerability
to breakdown in the boiler plant, as
Gołcza
Przewrotne
Bereza
which cost up to 200 euros per
tonne, this measure has reduced production
costs by a significant
amount.
● Czesław Malita
Przewrotne,
Poland
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Treating kitchen and food waste
and foodstuffs past their sell-by date in Poland
Greater demand for ReFood services
Jan Zera,
head of raw materials
procurement
for SARIA in Poland
Before Poland joined the EU, kitchen
waste was either used to feed pigs,
passed into the sewer system after
being broken down in colloid mills or
sent to landfill sites with municipal
waste. Following succession, a systematic
program to improve the situation
was launched to target the way
this waste is utilised.
The association of the waste management
industry in particular
brought this issue into the public
domain, for example by holding a
two-day seminar on the subject in
June. The media also helped by disseminating
information about the
hazards associated with incorrect
processing of this waste. In turn, the
sanitation and environmental services
authorities responsible for monitoring
the handling and correct
processing of this waste became
more active. Increased activity in this
area is generating more interest from
retail and restaurant chains with
regard to participating in systematic
collection and processing models for
these types of waste.
In the last two years in particular,
SARIA has noticed an increase in the
amount of kitchen and food waste
being collected. Over the next
months there will be growing pressure
on food manufacturers, retailers
and restaurant chains from the
authorities to join a waste management
system such as that offered by
SARIA Poland.
In 2008, a further boost is expected
when even small shops or bars may
become interested in this service.
There is therefore significant scope
for further development in the near
future, because potential customers
will primarily be looking for a partner
who can offer blanket coverage
for this form of waste management.
● Jan Zera
ReFood collection vehicles
coming soon to Poland?
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Overcoming bird flu in
the Czech Republic
SARIA plants help successfully contain the virus
straw bedding and washing down all
parts of the affected ˇ farm. In the first
two cases, CO2 was used for culling
in special containers, while in other
cases the poultry sheds themselves
were treated with gas. In the months
of June and July, a total of 173,000
birds from breeding stock weighing
623 tonnes and 582,000 hatching
eggs weighing 34 tonnes were disposed
of at Žichlínek, including
18,000 turkey hens, 82,000 birds for
fattening, 71,000 laying hens and
2,000 domestic poultry.
Antonin Richter,
Branch Manager
Žichlínek
On 21 June 2007 the first case of
the H5N1 bird flu virus was confirmed
at a Czech poultry farm. During
June and July the infection progressively
destroyed four large sets of
breeding stock at Tisová, Nořín,
Choceň and Netřeby. This made the
Czech ˇ Republic ˇ one of the ˇ European
countries worst affected by the virus
during the year.
All three Czech SARIA facilities
played a part in successfully overcoming
the virus, with AGRIS GmbH
in Medlov and REC GmbH in Mankovice
processing material from
ASANACE GmbH in Žichlínek, which
also handled the culling of the
affected poultry on-site. Žichlínek is
some 50 km from where the outbreak
occurred.
As soon as the bird flu virus was
first suspected (20 June 2007), our
people in Žichlínek immediately
started following a preprepared
action plan.
All employees were informed of the
situation and familiarised with the
necessary measures. They were
issued with the prescribed protective
equipment (single-use protective suit,
mask, safety goggles, gloves, rubber
boots). The entrance was secured and
disinfectant mats for vehicles were
put in place, with the so-called
“unclean” part of the facility effectively
isolated (restricted access for
persons and cars). A private disinfection
company was instructed to carry
out complete disinfection. Vehicle
drivers were chosen and special containers
provided. Every employee
involved in the process was given
the Tamiflu antiviral compound.
The local veterinary service and IZS
ČR (Integrated Emergency System of
the Czech Republic) set up the exclusion
zone around the outbreak and
determined the methods for fighting
the virus: culling birds, disinfecting
the area and 24-hour clearance of
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Although measures came at massive
financial cost to the poultry farms,
the spread of infection was successfully
halted. On 14 August 2007, the
SVS ČR was able to lift the special
measures imposed on the designated
areas.
● Antonin Richter
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Gol
Žichlínek,
Czech Republic
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Mankovice,
Czech Republic
Schwerz
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ngen
Wünschendorf
Limbach
Žichlinek
Medlov
Odry
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Krumbach
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Biofilter with dome
Purification of contaminated air captured in biofilter outlet
Sabina Jordanová,
Managing Director
Mankovice
Problems with odour emissions are a
rare occurrence at SARIA plants due
to the installation of biofilters or exhaust
air scrubbers. In Mankovice
(R.E.C.), these problems were solved
in a new way.
Because unpleasant smells still sometimes
emerge from the biofilter outlet,
for the REC branch in Mankovice
equipment was designed to eliminate
malodorous compounds. This equipment
comprises a pressure chamber
and an air atomisation facility. The
covering is designed in such a way
that it is easy to access the biofilter
to monitor pH and manage moisture.
It is also easy to remove in order to
aerate or change the substrate.
Odours in the exhaust air are
reduced using a very fine mist
enriched with a concentrate and produced
by special jets. This waterconcentrate
mixture can break down
strongly malodorous compounds in
the air into salts and water. Thus the
process does not involved perfuming
or masking the odour – it is about
breaking down the odour molecules.
The almost constant temperature in
the biofilter core (important to keep
the micro-organisms alive!) proves
exceptionally beneficial when it
comes to biodegrading the odours.
Installing the pressure chamber
allows all relevant environmental
indicators to be monitored and documented.
The same system was also
installed at the wastewater treatment
facility.
● Sabina Jordanová
Medlov,
Czech Republic
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New production lines
in Medlov
Jeanette Slezingrová,
Managing Director Medlov
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Tulln
Hermannsdorf
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New clarification facility planned
The new blood processing and poultry lines came on-stream in 2006, with
daily volumes now being handled with ease. The feather-plucking facility is
scheduled to be replaced in 2008. In view of rising volumes, the site’s biggest
investment to date is also planned for the coming year – this will take the
form of a new clarification facility. ● Jeanette Slezingrová
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Full remodelling of the
Illzach plant (Mulhouse)
13 million euros invested
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Illzach,
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Come to Illzach (a suburb of Mulhouse)
and you will find a category 3
facility that has been completely remodelled
in recent years. There is no
trace of the old, red painted halls and
offices. Instead a new factory has
emerged that processes some 80,000
tonnes of slaughter by-products every
year.
The catchment areas for the Illzach
branch are very broad: Via the St.
Denis transfer centre (Paris), some
450 tonnes a week from the Greater
Paris area are distributed to branches
at Bayet, Issé, Lisieux and Mulhouse.
Due to the favourable geographic
location, our own collection vehicles
bring 550 tonnes a week to Illzach
for processing from the départements
of Alsace, Moselle, Meurthe et
Moselle, Vosges and Belfort. Approx.
350 tonnes per week come from Germany
and around 550 tonnes from
Switzerland.
Significant conversion work and new
construction was carried out in 2002
and 2003, including investment in
new machinery and plant. Total
investment amounted to 13 million
euros.
The hall where raw materials are
accepted, the sterilisation hall and
the meal grinding facility are new, as
are the meal store, loading area, biofilter
and boiler plants.
The air purification equipment alone
swallowed 650,000 euros’ worth of
investment. Specifically, the biofilter
fitted here was fully enclosed to
enhance the appearance of the new
site. Facilities for pretreating wastewater
also involved major cost.
Overall, however, these environmental
measures have helped significantly
improve our image among our
neighbours.
Following on from these major
investments, further improvements
were made to existing equipment.
For example, in early 2006 the furnace
burners were converted to run
on category 1 animal fats, and in
2007 three more large fat tanks were
installed, each with a capacity of
56,000 litres.
Further improvements are anticipated
at this site in the near future,
although none will involve major
investment. The main focus at
present is on modernising the St.
Denis transfer centre with which
Mulhouse is linked.
● Gérard Brice
Gérard Brice,
Plant Director Illzach
As a result, on average 1,550 tonnes
are processed here every week.
The resulting products are bonemeal
(category 3) and animals fats which
are used in the German oleochemical
industry, as well as in smaller quantities
in biodiesel production.
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The Bayet production facility
Large catchment area with eight “centres de transfert”
Philippe Lefebvre,
Plant Director Bayet
Bayet,
France
The Bayet location is unique within
the Group in France, as here we have
a production line for category 1 material
and another for category 3 material
on the same site.
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Bayet
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Avanne
Cros de Montvert
St. Chély d´Apcher
This fact demands high levels of care
and traceability when it comes to
collection and production, with both
processes needing to be strictly separated
for each category. Among
other factors, this involves maintaining
two specialist fleets for collection,
separate entrances and exits
and separate acceptance and production
halls, obviously.
The catchment area for the Bayet
facility is very large, which requires
a large number of transfer points
(“centres de transfert”). There are
eight in total across the region.
This allows us to fulfil the requirements
of the relevant state bodies
(Services Public et Privé de
l’Equarrissage (S.P.P.E.) in all 30
départements.
● Philippe Lefebvre
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SARIA in Spain since 1989
New acquisitions extend range of production
DIMARGRASA has represented SARIA
in Spain since 1989, but the company
only became a wholly-owned subsidiary
of the SARIA Group in 1996. Until
January 2006 when the ARTABRA
and PROARGA group of companies
was acquired, DIMARGRASA was the
sole SARIA representative in Spain.
Valentin Garcia,
Managing Director
DIMARGRASA
Today DIMARGRASA processes category
3 by-products in central Spain.
Category 1 and 2 by-products and
category 3 fish by-products in the
northwest part of Spain and northern
Portugal are processed by ARTABRA.
At ARTABRA, electricity generation
forms an additional area of activity.
PROARGA meanwhile handles both
animal and fish by-products for subsequent
transportation to ARTABRA.
ARTABRA holds a 40% stake in
GESUGA (collection and processing
of fallen animals in the region of
Galicia), 12% in AFAMSA (treatment
and marketing of fish oil and soaps)
and 50% in LIPAN (a company that
markets animal fats and plant oils).
The 2007 European Fat Processors and Renderers Association (EFPRA) Congress held in June 2007
in Marbella, Spain: from left Valentin Garcia (Managing Director DIMARGRASA), Jordi Vaquer (Technical
Manager of the Stocks del Vallés biodiesel plant, Barcelona), Patrick Coelenbier (SARIA France,
President of SIFCO, EFPRA’s French member association), Esperanza Orellana (Animal By-Products
National Commission General Secretary), Niels Leth Nielsen (EFPRA President)
SARIA has always focused on
expanding and securing its position
in the Spanish market, a tough task
given the considerable fragmentation
in this sector. In Spain, there are currently
55 plants that process animal
by-products – 22 for categories 1
and 2 and 33 category 3 facilities –
not including processing facilities
run by slaughterhouses themselves.
● Valentin Garcia
“ Despite the complexity of the Spanish market, we face the
challenges with optimism and are certain that SARIA can
extend its favourable position further.” Valentin Garcia
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IMPRESSIONS
RETHMANN Supervisory
Board Chairman, Norbert
Rethmann, welcomes
around 90 French
attendees to the seminar
The Chairman of the RETHMANN Group’s Management Board, Dr. Hermann Niehues, also greets the
participants (SARIA board member Jean-Louis Hurel can be seen on his left)
An extensive seminar programme
awaits French and
German SARIA employees
The head of the French side,
Jean-Louis Hurel, is pleased
with the success of the
“Séminaire français”
Dr. Kurt Stoffel, spokesman for the SARIA Management
Board, addresses the French management team
This time the event took place on two hotel ships on
the Rhine (moored at Duisburg)
An open day in Issé, France, on 23 September
attracted many visitors
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Thomas Mieling, Branch Manager at KFU in Marl,
shows guests a glass of used frying fat which will
subsequently be made into biodiesel
Neighbours of the Issé facility enjoying an interesting
presentation during the open day
SARIA employee Ekaterina
Gorelchenko (Controlling)
provides a musical interlude
at the ceremony to open the
ReFood facility in Marl
Scientists from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and the Free University of Berlin visit
SARIA plants in Marl and Lünen
A summer celebration was also
held at SARIA headquarters
and enjoyed by all
To coincide with the official opening of the ReFood branch in Marl, an open day was held for employees and their
families
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DIMARGRASA takes part in Animal
By-Product Training Workshop
The plant in Arganda del Rey impresses the 80 attendees
Roberto Perez,
Environmental and
Safety Officer
Arganda del Rey,
Spain
From 6 to 8 June 2007, an Animal
By-Product Training Workshop was
held in Arganda del Rey (Madrid,
Spain). Initiated by DG SANCO (the
European Commission’s Health and
Consumer Protection Directorate
General), the event was coordinated
by Agri-Livestock Consultants Ltd
(specialists in agriculture & food production;
livestock & veterinary services).
Madrid
Arganda del Rey
The event attracted around 80 participants,
including representatives of
the authorities responsible for health
and agriculture in numerous countries
both from within the EU and
beyond (Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Ireland,
Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro,
Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands,
Turkey, UK, Argentina, Botswana,
Brazil, Canada and Chile), as
well as representatives from major
trade bodies in Brazil, Croatia and
Spain.
As part of the workshop, a visit was
organised to SARIA’s category 3
DIMARGRASA plant. During the
visit, all attendees learnt about the
systems installed at DIMARGRASA
which are designed to ensure production
activities, HACCP requirements
and operational safety are
fully traceable.
After the visit, Alex Park, Executive
Chief Officer of Agri-Livestock Consultants
Ltd, thanked DIMAGRASA
for supporting the training workshop,
commended the facility which
had made a very positive impression
and presented a corresponding DG
SANCO award to environmental and
safety officer Roberto Perez.
For Lorena Briz (distribution and
logistics), Fernando González (plant
manager) and Roberto Perez, it was a
pleasure to spend the day with so
many interested visitors from such a
range of countries.
● Roberto Perez
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New plans for
DIMARGRASA
One of the most advanced plants in Spain
The SARIA category 3 DIMARGRASA
facility in Arganda del Rey processes
more than 65,000 tonnes of animal
by-products into meal and fat every
year on two production lines.
On the first line we produce animal
fat with 3-5% FFA and animal meal
containing over 50% protein from
unsorted raw material. The second
line processes poultry and porcine
by-products separately, resulting in
end products such as poultry fat and
porcine fat, poultry meal containing
over 60% protein and pig meal featuring
over 75% protein.
During the past two years, DIMA-
RGRASA has invested in a number
of areas, including a new water
treatment facility, a more effective
system for transporting raw materials,
a fat purification facility and
new fat storage tanks. These investments
have turned DIMARGRASA
into one of the most advanced category
3 plants in Spain. In the coming
months, we will be adding new
administrative offices, a modern recreational
building, as well as enlarging
the hall where raw materials are
accepted.
● Agustí Guillem
Madrid
Arganda del Rey
Agustí Guillem,
Acting Managing Director
DIMARGRASA
Arganda del Rey,
Spain
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ARTABRA – a diverse facility with
a bright future
Two production lines
Francisco Fernández,
Branch Manager
ARTABRA – La Coruña
La Coruña,
Spain
ARTABRA S.A.U. started collecting and processing animal by-products in
northwest Spain (Galicia) and northern Portugal over 50 years ago. In 2006,
the company was taken over by DIMARGRASA (SARIA Spain).
On the Atlantic coast in Arteixo (La
Coruña), ARTABRA occupies a
50,000 sq m site, with buildings covering
12,500 sq m. The company’s 70
employees generate revenues in
excess of 20 million euros.
Strategically situated in the centre of
our catchment area, every day our
trucks set out from here to collect
raw materials.
La Coruña
When EU Regulation 1774/2002
became effective, some important
restructuring took place at ARTA-
BRA. Although the category 1 plant
for producing animal meal and animal
fat remained in place, a category
3 production line was established for
fish oil and fishmeal. At the same
time, the company gained ISO 9001
and ISO 14.001 certification for its
quality management and environmental
management respectively.
The category 3 fish plant collects
more than 40,000 tonnes a year,
mainly from the tinned food industry
(95% of all Spain’s canning factories
are located in Galicia) but also from
the fish markets at the region’s ports.
This is used to produce over 11,000
tonnes of fishmeal and 1,900 tonnes
of fish oil per annum. More than
75% of this is supplied to the petfood
industry.
The category 1 slaughter waste
processing facility handles 60,000
tonnes a year and produces 16,000
tonnes of animal meal, which is all
destroyed, plus 10,000 tonnes of animal
fat for use as an energy source.
The fat is used as fuel in the plant’s
boilers and thermal oxidation facility,
as well as by a combined heat
and power unit which is currently
being operated as a research and
development project.
Due to its prominent position directly
above the coastline, environmental
protection is a top priority for ARTA-
BRA. Particular attention is paid to
two aspects: wastewater treatment
(chemical/physical and biological)
and eliminating odours (thermal oxidation).
● Francisco Fernández
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A site of change:
Benet
Tapping into the market for food waste
For some years the Benet branch has
enjoyed special status when it comes
to processing category 1 and 2 raw
materials: Benet also handles surplus
volumes from other sites.
Recent developments in the market
(sharp fall in volumes, deregulation,
new customers) have had a major
impact on how the Benet site has
developed.
We have lowered costs, adjusted
organisational and wage structures,
optimised logistics and entered new
markets. This includes tapping into
the so-called refood market, which
involves collecting and processing
food waste and foodstuffs that have
passed their sell-by dates. Furthermore,
extensive investment has been
made to benefit the environment.
Current projects relate to consolidating
our existing activities, as well as
new areas such as generating renewable
energy. At the present time, we
are applying for permission to
expand capacity by 25% to over
230,000 tonnes per year, which corresponds
to the plant’s actual capacity.
Four more collection points
would also be added to the present
four.
Based on the SARIA Group’s experience
and expertise in producing bio
energy, some additional new projects
are being considered at Benet:
Combined incineration of dry biomass
(animal meal); an operating
licence for 80,000 tonnes a year
has already been granted
Setting up a transfer centre for
waste grease collected in the region
for transportation to biodiesel facilities
Fermentation of organic waste
(waste from the food industry,
unsold products, food leftovers)
For this purpose, in early November
2007 we submitted an application for
a facility processing 40,000 tonnes
per annum through our subsidiary
BIONERVAL. The thermal energy or
electricity generated can be used in
our own plants or fed into the power
grid. The fermented substrate is suitable
for use as fertiliser and we have
already had a positive response from
farmers in the region. Methanation is
a cost-effective solution and an
alternative to the thermal treatment
of products like milk, yoghurt, fruit
juice, animal feed, waste from vinegar
factories etc., which would
strengthen our position and develop
this new area of business.
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M. Spannagel,
Plant Director Benet
Benet,
France
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Food fats from
Alva und Célys in Rezé
The only location in France to refine food fats
Rezé,
France
The Rezé branch (60 employees) on
the outskirts of Nantes in the Loire
region is a fat melting plant with two
separate areas: Alva and Célys.
There are two special features about
Rezé: It is the only site in France
where animal fats are refined, plus
three different processes take place
here: melting, refining and processing
category 3 slaughter by-products.
Brest
Plouvara
Lisieux
Trémorel, Uzel
Guiller
oncarneau
St. Germain s. Ille
Locminé
Arzano
Vitré Ecommoy
Guer
E
Guérande Issé Bazouges St. Denis-le-
Brains Rezé Echemiré
Auverse
Les Essarts
St. Denis
Benet
Dun-le-Palestel
The fats are used in the following
areas: foods, feed for calves, and petfood.
Proteins are sold for petfood.
In Rezé, 30,000 tonnes of by-products
from pig slaughter and 20,000
tonnes from slaughtering ducks are
melted each year. We refine 18,000
tonnes. In addition, 15,000 tonnes
are processed separately.
In the past five years, 3.2 million
euros has been invested at Rezé in a
new wastewater treatment plant, a
cooling unit for processing, and a
tallow waste dryer.
The ongoing challenge facing this
site is to achieve the maximum
added value from the material it
processes.
● David Bluche, Hervé Collet
David Bluche,
Management Board Spokesman Alva
Hervé Collet,
Acting Director Alva
Reignac
Chalagnac
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Expansion at Issé
Investing to enhance product quality further
St. Hilaire du Harcoet
St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte St. Aubin-le-Cauf
Morlaix
Crouay
Be
Brest
Plouvara
la-
Lisieux
Trémorel, Uzel
Guillerval
Concarneau
St. Germain s. Ille
Locminé
Arzano
Vitré Ecommoy
Guer
Etam
Guérande Issé Bazouges St. Denis-le-Pon
Brains Rezé Echemiré
Auverse
Les Essarts
St. Denis
Benet
Nér
Dun-le-Palestel
Ba
Issé,
France
A great deal has happened at the
Issé site near Chateaubriand in the
past two years. Following the installation
of a biofilter, an oxidation facility
for exhaust vapour and a new
hall for receiving raw materials, the
feather hydrolysis unit was replaced
in 2005 and the blood line in 2007.
The steam generator was also subsequently
renewed.
Our aim of returning to higher added
value for our end products led us to
examine all processing steps. Production
was adjusted to reflect customer
requirements more closely. This new
focus was the main reason behind
the major investment of recent years.
● Olivier Marin
Olivier Marin,
Plant Director Issé
Further investment relating to environmental
concerns is planned for
the relatively near future, such as
improving exhaust ventilation and
building a new biofilter.
We are also taking action on the
production side: alterations relating
to drying and pulverising feathers,
rebuilding the meat pit and installing
a new pump for transporting
raw material.
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Kervalis works for the
petfood industry
Vitré specialises in by-products from poultry slaughter
Christophe Brebion,
Plant Director Vitré
Vitré,
France
The Vitré facility (KERVALIS) in Brittany
is an important supplier to the
petfood industry. The site specialises
in collecting and processing poultry
meat (category 3). Around a quarter
of the total tonnage is handled by
the associated transfer centre at Locminé.
St. Hilaire du Harcoët
t. Sauveur-le-Vicomte St. Aubin-le-Cauf
Morlaix
Crouay
Beuv
est
Plouvara
la-Fo
Lisieux
rémorel, Uzel
Guillerval C
neau
St. Germain s. Ille
Locminé
Arzano Vitré Ecommoy T
Guer
Etampe
Guérande Issé Bazouges St. Denis-le-Ponts
Brains
Echemiré
Rezé Auverse
Les Essarts
St. Denis
Benet
Néron
Dun le Palestel
Vitré processes 450 tonnes of material
on a daily basis. The facility’s
maximum capacity is 500 tonnes per
day, with its nine dryers, three
presses, one cutter and one mill in
operation five days a week.
The plant operates a wastewater
treatment facility with a capacity
equivalent to 20,000 inhabitants and
an air purification system comprising
a bioreactor, chemical wash and biofilter.
Over the past few years, we have
invested extensively in production,
infrastructure and the environment,
including building a roofed hall for
accepting raw materials, installing a
new non-continuous 20,000-litre
boiler and redesigning all transportation
routes with a new access road
for trucks.
As a supplier to the petfood industry,
the KERVALIS plant needs to focus
on customer satisfaction and achieving
total product safety, while also
heeding the concerns of local residents.
● Christophe Brebion
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Fishmeal and fish oil
from Concarneau
Taking over capacity from Lorient
St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte St. Aubin-
Morlaix
Crouay
Brest
Plouvara
Lisieux
Trémorel, Uzel
Gu
St. Germain s. Ille
Locminé Vitré Ecommoy
Guer
Guérande Issé Bazouges St. Denis
Brains
Echemiré
Rezé Auverse
Les Essarts
St. Denis
Concarneau
Arzano
St. Hilaire du Harcoët
Concarneau,
France
The Concarneau site has changed
dramatically in the past few years.
From 2005, the plant was completely
renovated at a cost of almost 7 million
euros. Merging Lorient and Concarneau
and concentrating processing
at one site in 2006 naturally increased
the quantity of material being
processed.
Concarneau is one of two plants in
France that turns by-products from
fish processing into fishmeal and fish
oil. Fishmeal is used in aquaculture,
animal feed or the petfood industry,
while fish oil is primarily used in the
oleochemical industry, although also
in petfood.
Our catchment area is wide and
extends from the Seine maritime
regions to Vendée and Rungis.
The reduction in fishing quotas and
falling catches caused a drop in tonnage,
for which the growth of aquaculture
has only partially compensated
to date.
To maintain processing volumes, we
are working to enlarge our catchment
areas and diversify collection.
● Philippe Barreau
Philippe Barreau,
Plant Director Concarneau
(Bioceval)
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Plouvara – in the heart of Brittany
Adapting to changing markets
Romain Guyon,
Plant Director Plouvara
Plouvara is situated in the heart of Brittany, where for 50 years the focus has
been on breeding and slaughtering French beef, pork and poultry breeds.
Plouvara,
France
The Plouvara facility was built in
1971 and reflects the main challenges
facing this region:
A significant increase in breeding
facilities, although the number has
stabilised again since the BSE crisis
in the 1990s
Front-runner in terms of slaughterhouse
capacity in France, with
efforts to restructure in line with
market requirements
A growing focus on protecting the
environment and improving water
quality
St. Hilaire du Harcoët
St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte St. Aubin-le-C
Morlaix
Crouay
Brest
Plouvara
Lisieux
Trémorel, Uzel
Guille
oncarneau
St. Germain s. Ille
Locminé
Arzano
Vitré Ecommoy
Guer
E
Guérande Issé Bazouges St. Denis-le
Brains
Echemiré
Rezé Auverse
Les Essarts
St. Denis
Benet
Based on this starting point, the
location has developed further:
In terms of process technology (e.g.
moving from non-continuous to
continuous drying) and
In terms of processing capacity
(currently 178,000 tonnes p.a.),
adapting to the growing number of
breeding facilities
Alongside these developments, we
have invested extensively in environmental
measures at the plant:
A wastewater treatment facility
equivalent to 57,000 inhabitants
Thermal post-incineration with a
capacity of 21 tonnes of vapour per
hour
Exhaust ventilation from production
and subsequent chemical and
biological purification
Reliable separation of rainwater
and production wastewater systems
Safe and monitored outlet for
wastewater from the treatment facility,
either directly into the main outfall
or via a soakaway in scrubland
These efforts have helped us forge a
good relationship with regulatory
authorities, professional bodies and
our neighbours, as well as enabling
us to obtain DS3027 certification
and CE 1774 approval.
● Romain Guyon
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Expanding the site at
Lampertheim-Hüttenfeld
Modern industrial location for the safe disposal of category 2 material and
category 3 food waste
On the premises of Alois Fischer & Söhne GmbH & Co KG, where SÜPRO GmbH
operates a carcase removal facility (intermediate treatment of category 1 material
and processing of category 2 material), a category 3 plant for the intermediate
treatment of kitchen and food waste has been built at a cost of over 4
million euros. The plant has its own vehicle access and is operated by ReFood
GmbH.
SÜPRO GmbH in Lampertheim-
Hüttenfeld
In 1967/68, Alois Fischer & Söhne
OHG – a company managed by partners
Herbert Bensch and Peter
Fischer – built a new private carcase
removal facility. At the time, the
plant was the most advanced in Ger-
many. In 1985, the Bensch and
Fischer families and a new generation
comprising Jürgen Bensch, Matthias
Fischer and Eva Lerchl established
SÜPRO Südhessische Proteinund
Fettfabrikation GmbH.
Marl
Selm
Lünen
Linnich
Schwalmtal-Hopfgarten
eaury
Hüttenfeld Würzburg
Dörnten
Wathlingen
Schw
Elxleben
Schwallungen
Wün
Eltmann-Limb
Eckbolsheim
Metzingen
Appenweier
Mulhouse
Villingen
Oberding
This company disposes of carcases
for the entire southern Hesse area,
the Rhine-Neckar district, the city of
Mannheim and the city and district
of Aschaffenburg.
Hüttenfeld,
Germany
View of the new ReFood
operation from the SÜPRO
site
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SÜPRO GmbH
Matthias Fischer,
Technical Director of
SÜPRO GmbH
On 1 April 2001, SARIA became a
50% shareholder in both Alois
Fischer & Söhne GmbH & Co. KG
(holding company) and SÜPRO Südhessische
Protein- und Fettfabrikation
GmbH (operating company).
SÜPRO GmbH is involved with the
recording, prompt collection and
subsequent processing of carcases
and animal by-products. The plant
has an hourly processing capacity of
approx. 10 tonnes of raw material
and currently processes approx.
50,000 tonnes per year.
EU Regulation 1774/2002, which
stipulates that animal fat must be
purified so impurities represent less
than 0.15%, and the fact that thermal
processing places high demands
on the steam generator emissions,
has increased the need for investment
in fat purification facilities.
This includes providing additional
fat heating before the relevant purification
stages, optimising and
enlarging the decanter and purchasing
a new separator facility.
Animal fat is sold to external parties
to generate energy or used in our
own boilers. For this reason, two
boilers are fitted with special combustion
and fume recirculation
equipment. Fumes are monitored by
continually measuring O2 and CO.
There are tough requirements with
regard to purifying the wastewater
and exhaust air that arise during
processing. When treating wastewater,
the focus is on removing as
many nitrates as possible. We fulfil
these requirements with a wastewater
purification facility equivalent to
10,000 inhabitants, simultaneous
nitrification and denitrification, plus
a biotope downstream.
A classic biofilter is used to purify
exhaust emissions. Thanks to the
special design of the ventilation system,
continuous operation and over
98% effectiveness is assured. The
purification facility stands out for its
high level of operational reliability,
ease of maintenance and high rate of
purification and efficiency. Due to
the open structure, purified air is
released into the atmosphere evenly
over a wide area.
Today SÜPRO GmbH employs some
50 people. Commercial director Jürgen
Bensch, technical director Matthias
Fischer and business manager
Eva Lerchl manage the company. SecAnim
GmbH (formerly SARIA) is
represented by managing director
Franz-Bernhard Thier. In future, the
company will continue to pursue its
policy of performing disposal tasks
quickly and hygienically, to achieve
high added value with regard to its
end products and to always adapt effectively
to new business and legal
requirements.
● Matthias Fischer
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ReFood GmbH
Rapid construction of a new ReFood branch
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Eckbolsheim
Metzingen
Appenweier
Mulhouse
Villingen
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des
Curgy
Hüttenfeld,
Germany
This modern industrial site in Hüttenfeld
for category 3 materials has set
a new milestone in processing food
waste.
A modern new facility has been built
on the premises of Alois Fischer &
Söhne GmbH & Co. KG to process
food waste. Taking into account
recent hygiene regulations, the hall
features the very latest technology
and covers 7,000 sq m. A new
administrative building and a biodiesel
filling station were also constructed.
Building a food waste processing
plant at this location was particularly
attractive because a number of
key prerequisites were already in
place: a wastewater treatment plant,
a biofilter facility for purifying
exhaust air, an appropriate water and
mains electricity supply. The site also
benefits from excellent road links.
These advantages, coupled with the
foresight of the municipal authorities
in allowing a further 50 jobs to be
created here, meant the project was
realised by December 2006 after just
seven months of construction.
Eva Oberschelp manages the company
locally, while Hans-Heinrich
Lüdde is the managing director of
this location. The company is
involved in the collection and intermediate
processing of food waste,
frying fats, out-of-date foodstuffs
and meat waste from restaurants,
canteen kitchens, food markets and
butcher’s shops. This happens by col-
lecting and replacing large waste
containers (with a capacity of 120
and 240 litres) or OLEO fat containers
(a proprietary development).
The hall is designed to optimise the
loading and unloading procedure:
There is a functional work platform
with four docking points for collection
vehicles and six emptying stations
for separating different products.
All areas of the hall are generously
sized so that vehicles can be cleared
under cover. This prevents emissions.
The exhaust air that is generated
inside the hall is extracted by the
exhaust unit and fed over to the biofilter
at SÜPRO GmbH by a special
Eva Oberschelp,
Branch Manager ReFood
Hüttenfeld
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exhaust collection system. Each
unloading station features a connection
to the high-pressure cleaning
unit that supplies foam cleaner and
disinfectant from a central source.
Here the vehicles are disinfected after
unloading and then loaded up with
empty containers in the container
area ready for the next day’s round.
Once emptied, containers are conveyed
to the container-washing unit.
This is designed to accommodate
various container sizes for cleaning.
The conveyor runs continuously to
take containers through to the hall
for empties, where automated equipment
moves them into position ready
for loading.
Food waste is emptied into a receiving
bunker, where it is continually
blended and thereby homogenised.
Then it is forwarded to a grinding
unit and milled to a grade of less
than 12 mm. After the milling process,
the processed material is transported
to the interim storage tank by
means of a rotor pump. From there
the product is moved to the fermentation
units. Materials that are
unsuitable for fermentation are separated
out and passed to SÜPRO
GmbH for safe disposal.
Fats are collected using special vats
which were developed in-house by
ReFood. The collected containers are
placed in a specially created delivery
area ready for dispatch to a fat
processing plant.
We currently deploy 29 vehicles and
38 drivers, serving customers within
a radius of around 200 km.
Choosing this site for the ReFood
plant was a good decision because it
offers a number of synergies associated
with SÜPRO GmbH and other
advantages such as proximity to
processing facilities. Further cost
benefits are derived from using biodiesel
fuel from ecoMotion GmbH in
all vehicles.
● Eva Oberschelp
Work platform with four docking points
for collection vehicles
Unloading station for containers
holding food waste
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UNIMELT – fat melting in Würzburg
Food line now closed loop
Because food safety has been the
subject of many scandals, all food
manufacturers must ensure that every
stage of production can be traced
on behalf of customers and the authorities
– from the raw materials
through to the final product.
In taking this situation into account
on the production technology side,
we decided to renew our food line to
create a closed loop system in terms
of both production equipment and
personnel that would fully separate
the unit from the category 3 area.
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Dörnten
Marl
Wathlingen
Lünen
B
Schwerz
Linnich
Elxleben
hwalmtal-Hopfgarten Schwallungen
Wünsche
Eltmann-Limbach
Hüttenfeld Würzburg
kbolsheim
Metzingen
Appenweier
ulhouse
Villingen
Oberding
Her
Würzburg,
Germany
Sorting raw material, fractionation
and heating were always separate
from the category 3 area in the old
facility, but the subsequent separation
and filtration equipment was
housed in the same area as the
machinery for processing category 3
material while also being operated
by the same staff.
To achieve our vision of a high-performance
facility, extensive construction
work had to be carried out
on the existing building, parts of
which are 100 years old, so that we
could install new machines. The new
plant has been operational for a year
and a half now. Every day, three
shifts produce 10 to 15 tonnes of
lard and 50 to 80 tonnes of beef tallow
depending on the availability of
raw material.
Audits by customers and the authorities
show that we invested wisely.
UNIMELT’s products – premier jus,
refined beef tallow, refined flakes,
lard, olein, stearin – are ideal for use
in food. Due to their universal properties,
UNIMELT’s natural edible fats
are perfect for enhancing foodstuffs
and preparations. We supply fats to
our customers in their desired compositions,
including products that
combine animal fats and plant oils,
as well as fat flakes based on different
fats such as premier jus flakes
and palm oil flakes, which offer
added convenience thanks to easy
handling.
As an option we also offer fat compounds
tailored specifically to our
customers’ needs (antioxidants, aromatic
blends, etc.). The potential
range of uses is as diverse as our
product portfolio:
Basic materials for pastries, cakes,
bread, soups, sauces, aromatic
blends, vegetables, convenience
products, ice cream, cooking lard
and many other food products.
Wherever they are deployed, UN-
IMELT products improve taste and
palatability. ● Rolf Clarenbach
Rolf Clarenbach,
UNIMELT Plant Manager
Würzburg
Automated packaging
facility for UNIMELT
products
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ReFood now also active in
Franconia
Eltmann/Limbach branch
Jürgen Reber,
Branch Manager
Eltmann-Limbach
Eltmann-Limbach,
Germany
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ReFood GmbH acquired Gottfried
Zaby, a company specialising in animal
materials and located in Eltmann,
at the start of 2007. Zaby has been
collecting bone, fat and rind from
slaughterhouses, butcher’s shops and
private slaughtering operations in the
region of Franconia (Würzburg, Bamberg,
Nuremberg, Erlangen) since
1952.
Selm
Lünen
innich
-Hopfgarten
Hüttenfeld
Dörnten
Wathlingen
Bresinchen
Schwerz
Elxleben
Schwallungen
Wünschendorf
Würzburg
m
Metzingen
Appenweier
Villingen
Oberding
Eltmann-Limbach
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Hermannsdo
ReFood took over all existing contractual
commitments, as well as the
company’s vehicles and employees.
The fleet was steadily replaced and
the buildings also now reflect the
ReFood corporate image.
In March 2007, ReFood obtained permission
to operate an intermediate
processing plant for category 3
materials and therefore kitchen and
food waste were added to the raw
materials being disposed of in Eltmann.
To maintain the current collection
and transfer of 11 daily routes, a
planning application to build a fractionation
facility for food waste is
currently being examined by the
local authority. The pumpable matter
will be transported 140 km by tanker
to the company’s biogas facility in
Schwallungen.
The Eltmann branch has been
upgraded to meet the Group’s standards
on specialist disposal, the
HACCP system and ISO 9001:2000
(QM), and is certified.
Having acquired this new ReFood
branch in 2007, we are working hard
to ensure it flourishes.
● Jürgen Reber
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The SecAnim site at Elxleben
Ongoing modernisation of an “old” site
Dr. Henry Helmholz,
Branch Manager
Elxleben
Elxleben is situated on the outskirts
of the state capital of Thuringia. Carcases
and slaughter waste have been
disposed of here since 1963. In 1993,
the RETHMANN Group took over the
site and expanded it, upgrading the
technology in the process.
Today, a total of 65 employees,
including drivers, work for SecAnim
GmbH in Elxleben. Many of them are
“old hands” who have worked at the
plant for many years and who still
remember how things were done
before 1993. Then you could simply
follow your nose to find the plant.
This bears no relation to conditions
after modernising the plant in 1993
and certainly not to conditions
today.
We dispose of material throughout
Thuringia from Altenburg to
Eisenach and from Suhl to Nordhausen
in a region characterised by
forests and hills (with the occasional
valley) that we have to cross to reach
our customers. Every year, some
50,000 tonnes of category 1 and category
2 raw materials are pressuresterilised
at 133°C and 3 bar in 20
minutes and disposed of safely.
During the past two years, plant
equipment has been upgraded once
again. For example, the fat storage
tanks and control equipment were
completely replaced. Protecting the
environment is also a priority at Elxleben.
Instead of using natural gas, a
fossil fuel, since October 2006 animal
fat has been used as fuel,
exhaust air purification has been
enhanced further and the water
treatment facility has been completely
renewed. Current projects
involve renewing the access road
and building a new recreational
building for our employees.
The SecAnim plant in Elxleben is
ideally placed to handle all market
developments and optimisation will
continue. ● Dr. Henry Helmholz
Hude
Kogel
Herzberg
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nster Detmold
Genthin, Mützel
Selm
Dörnten
Wathlingen
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Bresinchen
Schwerz
ch
Elxleben
pfgarten Schwallungen
Wünschendorf
üttenfeld
Eltmann-Limbach
Würzburg
Žichlinek
Medlov
Elxleben,
Germany
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ReFood Marl – a new location
Over 200 guests attend the commissioning ceremony
Dirk Schulze-Rieping,
Branch Manager ReFood Marl
and Münster
Image right: We have lift-off
(from left: Franz-Bernhard
Thier, ReFood Management
Board, Dirk Schulze-Rieping,
Environment Minister of
the State of NRW Eckhard
Uhlenberg, ReFood Managing
Director Hans-Heinrich
Lüdde, Norbert Rethmann
and Uta Heinrich, mayor of
the town of Marl)
Since late 2007/early 2008, ReFood
GmbH in North Rhine-Westphalia
(NRW) makes even more of an impression
with an additional new and
more modern branch in Marl. In addition
to the original branch in Münster,
from January 2008 all category
3 “refood” material such as kitchen
waste, out-of-date foodstuffs, bread
and bakery products, as well as other
items like used cooking oils, from the
NRW area will also be processed in
Marl. This will help deal with rising
volumes in the refood business.
Marl,
Germany
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Proximity to KFU – the plants are on
the same site approximately 100
metres apart as the crow flies – will
generate considerable synergies
when it comes to efficiently processing
the bone, fat and rind collected
by ReFood.
Logistics-wise, being so close to the
Ruhr area and the Rhineland will
prove beneficial for the Marl branch
and help reduce transport costs. This
will ensure we can offer competitive
prices and acquire the new customers
that are necessary for the company’s
continued growth. A total of approximately
7 million euros has been
invested in state-of-the-art and
future-ready machinery and plant
equipment. In the incoming hall,
which is clad in stainless steel, five
trucks can be unloaded at the same
time to achieve a fast turnaround. A
separate, connecting store for empties
ensures a hygienic “black-andwhite
principle” is adhered to. Category
3 products are prepared using
the very latest technology.
The new hammer mill, which reduces
and extracts materials and has a
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throughput of approx. 40 tonnes per
hour, is particularly worth mentioning.
This is followed by heat sterilisation
at 70°C and an hour’s holding
time, as well as separating waste fats
using a decanter. The products
extracted are processed within the
SARIA Group to make biodiesel and
biogas. In total, approx. 60,000
tonnes are set to be processed annually
at the Marl site, plus transfer
services relating to used cooking oils
and bone, fat and rind of approx.
10,000 tonnes per year.
scope for a total of approx. 150
employees at the plant.
In this light, this new branch in Marl
can truly be regarded as an investment
in the future of the ReFood
Group. We wish our experienced staff
and new, highly motivated employees
alike great success!
● Dirk Schulze-Rieping
Around 50 new jobs were created at
the branch in the first phase of
expansion. The inviting office and
recreational wing offers further
potential for growth. Once Marl is
fully online – probably by the end of
2008/early 2009 – there should be
The ReFood GmbH service company aims to achieve the very highest standards of
customer service and satisfaction.
We operate a container system to
dispose of material, replacing collection
containers with fresh ones that
have been cleaned inside and out using
pressure jets and subsequently
disinfected. The hygienic disposal of
food waste in compliance with statutory
provisions is all about customer
satisfaction.
The Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of
the RETHMANN Group,
Norbert Rethmann,
welcomes approx. 200
guests in Marl
By enhancing logistics and thanks to
tighter clusters of customers, disposal
services can be offered up to five
days a week at the same location.
ReFood GmbH is therefore able to
offer its customers a veterinary service-preferred
solution for disposing
of this complex organic waste.
Because we offer reliable disposal
methods – this applies particularly to
disposing of fermented waste –
ReFood GmbH is well placed longterm.
With the additional capacity at
Marl, the company is the ideal partner
for any business with organic
waste to dispose of that is in the
public eye or where the public interest
is concerned.
Benefiting from certification in
accordance with ISO 9000/2001, specialist
disposal plant status and
HACCP conformity supported by an
accurate digital recording system for
quick and easy paperless documentation,
ReFood GmbH is an attractive
partner for the future.
● Friedrich Hautkapp
Friedrich Hautkapp,
ReFood Sales Manager
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EUROPE
Good for us, bad for pigs?
Throughout the EU, animal fats are used in animal nutrition. The entire EU? No!
A “small” nation of 82 million people at the very centre of the EU continues to
refuse to do so ...
For over six years now, Germany has
proven the exception by banning the
use of animal fats in feed. This has led
to the curious situation whereby Danish
pigs, for example, are fed animal
fat, slaughtered in Germany for the
German market, with their freshly
slaughtered bones – and those of German
pigs – then sold to the Netherlands
where a category 3 bone fat is
subsequently processed for sale as
feed through Germany to Denmark or
Poland.
Still with us? Don’t worry, we don’t
quite follow it either!
What is worse is that the German
processing industry is severely limited
compared to its European counterparts
when it comes to marketing
these food-grade by-products and
cannot achieve market-driven added
value for its products. German fattening
operations are also unable to
use a low-cost feed that is recognised
as safe and are at a disadvantage
compared to their international competitors.
This even applies to foodsafe
fats such as lard and suet, meaning
that what is safe to go on our
plates is not safe enough for the
trough!
were able to welcome scientists
from the BfR and the Free University
of Berlin to SARIA in Lünen
on 7 September 2007 and inform
them about the capabilities of our
industry. Visits were also made to
the KFU GmbH plant in Marl and
that of Kurt Fülling Tierprodukte
GmbH in Dissen.
Recently German ministers for
agriculture have argued for the
ban on feeding fats to be lifted,
with German associations for the
livestock and meat industry (DBV,
DRV, ISN, VDF, ZDS, etc.) articulating
this even more strongly.
They are also calling for meat
bonemeal to be approved for poultry
and pigs.
Even though the signs are that
Germany will initially lift the ban
only partially, with the feeding of
animal fat to ruminants remaining
prohibited, this is a very important
step towards repositioning animal
fat within the feed and farming
industries.
● Dr. Martin Alm
Dr. Martin Alm,
Research and Development
Based on a new risk assessment by
the Berlin-based German Federal
Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in
early 2007, this situation now seems
to be slowly changing. As a result we
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“Séminaire français” on the Rhine
Annual event organised by SARIA France held in the Ruhr area this time
At the close of the financial year the
Management Board of SARIA Industries
France traditionally invites plant
and administrative managers to a
two-day seminar.
This time the seminar was held on
two hotel ships anchored at Duisburg.
On the evening of 21 November,
some 90 participants arrived in
Duisburg on three coaches and
checked into their cabins. Over an
aperitif, Dr. Hermann Niehues, Chairman
of the Management Board of
RETHMANN AG & Co. KG, and Jean-
Louis Hurel, PDG SARIA France,
welcomed the guests, including
numerous employees from SARIA
Deutschland. Everyone then gathered
in the onboard restaurant for dinner,
during which Monsieur Hurel introduced
a number of new employees.
To inform the guests about the Ruhr
area in which they found themselves,
the Chair of the Franco-German
society in Duisburg, Wolfgang
Schwarzer, gave an interesting and
entertaining illustrated talk about
the Ruhr region through the ages.
The seminar took place the next
morning with presentations on various
developments within the SARIA
Group given by Dr. Kurt Stoffel,
Jean-Louis Hurel, Serge Verdier and
Jean-Yves Bordas. After lunch, all
the participants assembled on the
MS Swiss Diamond, which set sail
for a number of Rhenus sites on the
Rhine and within the port of Duisburg.
Dr. Andreas Schmidt and Thomas
Maaßen from Rhenus outlined Rhenus
activities during this time.
After returning to port, it was time
for the gala evening, featuring a
highly amusing and intelligent game
which was enjoyed by all and helped
the attendees to bond and relax.
Early on the Friday morning, the
guests boarded their three coaches in
order to visit the new ReFood site in
Marl (which opened one week later).
The three groups then headed to
REMONDIS-Lippewerk for a tour,
where particular attention was paid
to the centre that disassembles electrical
equipment, the biomass power
plant and the biodiesel facility.
Around midday the three coaches
left for Paris, which the participants
reached just before midnight, somewhat
tired, but full of new insights
into the diverse range of activities
performed within the RETHMANN
Group.
● Claus M. Andreas
Claus M. Andreas
Head of Corporate
Communication
It might take a while...
New regulations for driving and rest times
Collecting carcases and slaughter byproducts
is not just where our job begins
– it is also the start of a race
against time.
We are obliged to collect material by
the following day – which means
driving to all registered customers.
Furthermore, the material is perishable
and in the event of pandemic
disease may even be infectious. This
means that for hygiene reasons the
material must arrive at an approved
facility and be unloaded or transferred.
A full vehicle must not be
parked on the road somewhere so
that the driver can rest overnight.
When organising daily routes, the
fleet manager naturally schedules
leeway in order to adhere to driving
and rest times and comply with legal
requirements affecting drivers. This
generally suffices to deal with
delays, e.g. during loading (approved
signatory not present, address incorrect,
“cow misplaced”, etc.) or during
the journey (diversions, traffic jams,
etc.).
Nevertheless in the event of a pandemic
in particular, there may be a
need to make more frequent and
longer journeys than would normally
be allowed. For this reason, the legislator
has amended the regulations to
the effect that vehicles transporting
animal by-products within a radius
of 250 km of the vehicle’s base are
exempted from adhering to driving
and rest times. This applies to all
three categories. ● Dr. Martin Alm
La Coruna – Benet – Rezé – Issé – Vitré – Concarneau – Plouvara – Hüttenfeld – Würzburg – Eltmann Limbach – Elxleben – Marl
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