Overview

• Westfleisch confirmed its intent to acquire Vion’s German slaughterhouses and will present further details at a July 30 event in Herrsching am Ammersee.
• Vion plans to exit the German market by relinquishing three cattle slaughterhouses in Buchloe, Waldkraiburg and Crailsheim, as well as a cutting plant in Hilden and hide-processing sites in Memmingen and Eching-Weichenau.
• The Bundeskartellamt prohibited Premium Food Group’s planned takeover of Vion sites in June, warning it would create excessive market dominance in cattle and pig processing.
• Premium Food Group has lodged an appeal against the antitrust block at the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf, with no hearing date scheduled yet.
• Regulators confirm that Westfleisch has not filed any preliminary inquiry with the Bundeskartellamt and the company denies having registered its bid.