History

Even if CENTRAVO is no longer a master butcher cooperative, it is and still remains first and foremost a service provider to the Swiss meat industry.

 

1889/1904/1908
Founding of butcher union self-help organizations in Zurich, Basel and Bern for marketing slaughter by-products, mainly from hides and fats.

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1964

Founding of GZM in Lyss; processing animal bones and offal; use of chemical solvents for degreasing ("extraction").

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1974

Development of GZM’s capacity for processing of animal carcasses following abolition of steaming areas.

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1990

Founding of CENTRAVO AG ("CENTRAl Sales Organization") by the three self-help organizations HFZ, Hides/Skins and Fat Ltd., Skins Recycling Basel, Fat Plant Basel, HAFEBA – Swiss Master Butcher Cooperative for Central Switzerland (GZM).

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2003

Major investments in GZM’s exhaust air treatment.

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2006

End of business activities in Basel. Gradual takeover of Marti Protein AG‘s business activities in Othmarsingen.

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2007

Start up of GZM’s ABA wastewater treatment facility and the new air condensers.

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2008

Founding of Swiss Nutrivalor AG for the international marketing of compatible slaughterhouse food products.

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2009

Founding of Swiss Ecovalor AG for BIODIESEL+ commercialization. End of operational activities in Zurich.

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2010

Founding of Swiss Feedvalor AG for livestock feed commercialization. Transformation of the Group into a holding company.