VION Food Group is an international food company with €9 billion in annual turnover and 27,000 employees. It aims to be a reliable partner in the food chain offering high quality agricultural products. Its core activities include fresh meat, convenience foods, and ingredients. It has one shareholder, farmers, and is focused on sustainability. Through its Ecoson division, VION invests in sustainable energy projects including biogas production from animal byproducts, biodiesel production, and manure processing. These projects generate thermal energy, electricity, fertilizers, and reduce costs for farmers.

1. VION – closing the loop
Paul Jansen
Director Public Affairs VION Food Group

2. VION Food Group Global Profile
International Food Concern
€ 9 billion turn-over
27.000 employees
Head Office
Son en Breugel, The Netherlands
Mission
VION wants to be the reliable partner
in the food chain, offering its
customers and consumers high
quality foodstuffs and ingredients of
agricultural origin
Objective
VION wants to become a
leader in (selected) food,
ingredients and service
market segments
Credo
Passion for Better Food
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3. VION Food Group Core activities
 Food  Ingredients
 VION companies:
 Fresh meat
 Convenience
Markets: Markets:
Netherlands Food
Germany Feed
United Kingdom Pharmaceuticals
World market Energy
Technology
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4. VION products
Fresh Meat
Convenience
Ingredients
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5. VION, one shareholder, farmers listed
ZLTO/NCB Ontwikkeling
Supervisory board
Executive board
FOOD Core activities INGREDIENTS
Pork, beef, poultry, lamb Ingredients (i.e. Fat, Proteine, Gelatine)
Convenience products
€ 8 billion € 1 billion
NL DE UK Int. Int.
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6. VION Ingredients
 Adds maximum value to
various categories of raw
For animal
consumption materials
Cat. 3
 Core Values:
3 categories
of animal-by-  Reliable
products
 Sustainable
For human For disposal  Improving
consumption only
Food grade (Cat. 1 & 2)
 Credo:
“Improvement by nature”
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7. Producer of animal fats,
proteins and minerals
For animal
consumption
Cat. 3 36 % Producer of biofuels and
sustainable energy
36 %
3 categories
of animal-by-
products 28 %
For human For disposal
consumption only
Collecting and processing
Food grade (Cat. 1 & 2) of animal waste and
producer of biomass
Producer of gelatine
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8. PMC Pharma
Hemin (blood)
 Eye medication
Food
Gelatin
grade
 Capsules
 Formed pills
 Blood plasma
supplement
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9. PMC Food
1 Gelatin
1  Liquorice
2
Fats
3
2
 Frying & baking fat
Blood products
4
3
 Colouring & binding of
meat products
Natural casings
Food 4
 Sausage casings
grade
Gelatin
 Yoghurt/ desserts
 Confectionery
 Jellies/ aspics
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10. PMC Feed - Tech Category 3: Not for
human consumption
Applications
 Feed
 Aqua
 Compound
 Petfood
 Wet
Category 3  Dry
 Oleochemical
 Soap
 Fertilizer
 Dry
 Liquid
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11. PMC Energy
Category 1:
For disposal only
Applications
 Combined Heat and
Power plants (CHPs)
 Production of
Category 1
sustainable energy
 Cement industry
(kilns)
 Transport (Biodiesel)
Energy (CHPs)
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12. Clients include bluechip companies worldwide
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13. Ecoson
a new dimension in sustainability
VION Ingredients
24 May 2012
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14. NEW EXISTING
€ 25 million investment in
sustainable energy
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15. Digester
Capacity:
8,000 MWh thermal energy
36,000 MWh electricity
Electricity consumption per average
household is ± 3.5 MWh per year
(Source: NIBUD)
Energy Own use + Rendac
Back to electricity grid
Water WWT-installation
Flotation sludges Digester Digestate Rendac
Raw material Process End products Pagina 15
Application page 15

16. Refinery & biodiesel
Current capacity:
50.000 MT Refined fat
5 million liters Biodiesel
Animal fat Refinery Fatty Acids CHPs/ steam boilers
Rendac
Refined fat
Biodiesel Biodiesel Truck fleet B100/ B20
installation Glycerin Digestation
Raw material Process End products Pagina 16
Application page 16

17. Development Ecoson – Sustainable Energy
o Key for success: Integration
Electricity production with C1 facilities, permits
45000
40000 and subsidy programs.
35000
MWh per year
30000
25000
20000
15000
o Ecoson is in The Netherlands
10000
5000
Nr 1 in green electricity
0 production from Biogas.
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
60.000
50.000
Biodiesel o Strong growth in production
40.000
Geraffineerd vet
of second generation
biofuels and biodiesel,
Ton per year
30.000
produced from animal fats.
20.000
10.000
-
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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18. Manure processing
Manure effluent Preparation Solid fraction Digester Ecoson
Ammonium Fertilizer
Water fraction WWT-installation
Raw material Process End products Application
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19. Development of manure processing
 Excess manure in the Netherlands
 High costs
 Future restriction for pig production
Manure processing
Ecoson decreases costs 60.000
for farmers for manure disposal 50.000
40.000
30.000
20.000
10.000
-
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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20. Unique concept
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Biodiesel
Refinery
Glycerin
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Solids
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23. Thank you
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