About WitvleiMeat
Witvlei Meat was established in August 2006. A year later, on 25 July 2007, export approval was obtained for becoming a European Union (EU) Beef Export Abattoir and processing facility in the town of Witvlei.
Since then Witvlei Meat has employed approximately 100 permanent staff members on an equal opportunity base to supply customers in Europe and the Scandinavian countries
Two of various cost-saving measures:
1. Using fat and tallow obtained from by-products as fuel to heat the plant – another first in Africa – with a local company RENTEC from Walvis Bay installing Italian technology that is now used as a model for implementation in the rest of Africa, including South Africa.
2. Packing containers at the plant, eliminating double handling, additional cold storage and costs with a turnaround time of less than 30 days before the product is on shelves in Europe with shipments loaded directly from Walvis Bay or Cape Town.