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Lohmann & Co. AG (PHW Group)

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legal form Corporation
Seat Vaduz , Liechtenstein (registered office); Visbek-Rechterfeld Lower Saxony (administrative headquarters)
management Peter Wesjohann (CEO)
Number of employees > 7,000 (2020)
sales EUR 2.687 billion (2018/2019)
Branch food industry
Website www.phw-gruppe.de

The Lohmann & Co. AG (PHW Group) is the largest German poultry farmers and processors, as well as one of the largest companies in the German food industry (ranked 30 among the largest suppliers of German food retailers , as of 2005/06) and also one of the most important companies in Lower Saxony . The PHW Group slaughters around 4.5 million chickens per week. In addition, the PHW Group is a leading supplier of animal feed and vaccines for animals.

The best- known brands are Wiesenhof ( market leader in poultry meat in Germany) and Bruzzzler (poultry sausage). The administrative headquarters of the group is in Visbek , the statutes in Vaduz , Liechtenstein .

Consolidated and adjusted group sales are around 2.6 billion euros (2017/2018 financial year), of which the Wiesenhof business segment alone generates sales of around 1.4 billion euros. The PHW Group employs around 6,800 people.

The company has come under repeated criticism for allegedly abusing animals in subcontracting. In addition, the company is accused of exploiting Eastern European workers in favor of profit optimization and exploitation of (ground) water supplies to operate.

structure

"Wiesenhof" lettering

The PHW Group currently (as of February 2008) consists of over 40 individual companies in three business areas:

The group of companies includes (in addition to numerous investment and management companies):

    • First Paul-Heinz Wesjohann GmbH & Co. KG (Rechterfeld)
    • Second Paul-Heinz Wesjohann GmbH & Co. KG (Rechterfeld)
  • MEGA animal nutrition (based in Visbek, production sites in Haldensleben , Rechterfeld, Cloppenburg , Straubing , Eberswalde ): animal feed
  • Nutrilo (location Cuxhaven): food supplements ( mainly vitamin preparations ), food additives ( mainly antioxidants )
  • Wiesenhof Geflügel-Kontor GmbH (Visbek): around 700 breeding companies as suppliers, eight slaughterhouses, three logistics centers ( Rietberg , Hadamar , Mannheim )
    • Wiesenhof International Holding GmbH (Visbek-Rechterfeld)
    • The Bruzzzler logo
      Wiesenhof Geflügelspezialitäten Beteiligungs- GmbH ( Holte near Wietzen and Lohne ; the Holte / Wietzen location will be closed in 2019)
    • Wiesenhof Geflügelwurst GmbH & Co. KG (Rietberg)
    • Wiesenhof Gastroservice GmbH & Co. KG (Lohne): bulk consumer service
    • allfein Feinkost GmbH & Co. KG (Lohne and branch in Zerbst )
    • Geestland Turkey Specialties GmbH & Co. KG ( Wildeshausen ): Turkey products
    • Wiesenhof poultry Möckern GmbH ( Möckern )
    • Märkische Geflügelhof-Spezialitaten GmbH ( Niederlehme )
    • Wiesenhof poultry specialties ( Weilheim an der Teck )
    • Donautal poultry specialties ( Bogen (Niederbayern) )
    • Frischland premium specialties (Bogen (Niederbayern))
    • Limited partnership for young poultry producers GmbH & Co. (Rechterfeld)
    • Wiesenhof Entenspezialitäten GmbH & Co. KG ( Grimme , Bad Belzig and Neutrebbin )
    • Duck-Tec Brüterei GmbH (Grimme, Bad Belzig and Wriezen)
  • Vibalogics GmbH (Cuxhaven): Research, development and production process development of immunological and biological active ingredients for veterinary and human medicine. Worldwide cooperation.
  • GePro Geflügel-Protein GmbH & Co. KG ( Diepholz ), since the end of 2005 also sales office in Bangkok : Disposal of poultry slaughterhouse waste ("poultry by-products", category III materials according to EU regulation 1774/2002), or processing into protein and fat products, as well as flavor enhancers for pet, fish and fur feed, compound feed, fertilizers and others. Distribution worldwide. Brands: "Trigarol", "AquaTrac", biofuel "SP-Power".
  • PetCom Tierernahrung GmbH & Co. KG ( Minden ; successor company to the Minden production site of Heibo GmbH ), subsidiary of GePro : Contract production of dry mixes for the pet food industry
  • Five hatcheries (produce around 230 million chicks annually):
    • BWE hatchery Weser-Ems (Rechterfeld)
    • South hatchery ( Regenstauf )
    • Möckern poultry farm ( Möckern )
    • Märkischer Geflügelhof ( Ketzin )
    • DUCK-TEC Brüterei GmbH (breeding and rearing of ducks).
  • foreign investments:
    • Drobimex ( Szczecin , Poland; one of the largest poultry breeders and processors, produces 50,000 tons annually)
    • Bomadek ( Trzebiechów , Poland; turkey slaughter and processing plant, produces 21,000 tons annually)
  • GEKA frisch + frost Handels GmbH & Co. KG (Visbek-Rechterfeld): trademark "Bauernglück German quality poultry" (Aldi-Nord)

history

1932 until the division

In 1932, independently of one another, Paul Wesjohann (1905–1989) founded a small farm with hatchery in Rechterfeld and Heinz Lohmann (1901–1975) founded the German fish meal factory in Cuxhaven . After the Second World War , both had to rebuild their businesses, while Paul Wesjohann increasingly concentrated his business on poultry farming.

The decisive business idea for poultry farming came from the USA, where the poultry farmer Frederick S. Nichols had been using systematic crossings to breed broilers for the greatest possible, consistently high meat yield since 1943. Nichols' high-performance chicks reached their slaughter weight of 1000 grams in just 54 days. Lohmann acquired the license for Europe and had the first breeding lines flown in from the USA to build up their own parent herds. On this basis he was able to bring the first German branded chicken onto the market in 1956 with “Goldhähnchen”. In 1965 he founded a poultry warehouse in Frankfurt am Main and built up the “Wiesenhof” brand.

In 1965, Lohmann and Wesjohann jointly founded the broiler hatchery in Rechterfeld, today's hatchery Weser-Ems GmbH & Co. KG (BWE). In its first business year it achieved sales of 20 million German marks . In 1965 Paul Wesjohann's two sons, Paul-Heinz and Erich, took over management positions there.

In 1966 Lohmann founded his second hatchery in Regenstauf, Bavaria. In 1967 "Lohmann Tierernahrung" followed, in 1968 "TAD Pharma" (both in Cuxhaven), which belonged to the Lohmann Group - with the parent company "Lohmann & Co. AG", which was established in 1970. In the same year Paul Wesjohann & Co. GmbH was formed in Rechterfeld. In 1972 Wesjohann took a stake in slaughterhouses in Holte and Lohne and founded the MEGA compound feed company in Rechterfeld. In 1978 they both invested in American agribusinesses.

In 1982 Lohmann founded "Allfein" and developed convenience products, followed in 1984 by Nutrilo for the production of food supplements for human consumption.

In April 1987, the sons Paul-Heinz and Erich Wesjohann acquired a majority stake in "Lohmann & Co. AG". The internationally active "Lohmann-Wesjohann Group" with 3,400 employees and total sales of around DM 1.5 billion was created. Further development was shaped by US involvement in vaccine production and the takeover of several companies in the new federal states. In 1995, PHW was the first chicken producer in Germany to introduce a guarantee of origin for the “Wiesenhof” brand. In 1996 “Lohmann Tierernahrung” (LTE) and “TAD-Veterinär” merged to form “Lohmann Animal Health” (LAH). In 1997 the shares of the group of companies were completely owned by the Wesjohann family. The Heinz Lohmann Foundation was established.

From the division until today

At the end of 1998 the "Lohmann-Wesjohann Group" was split up between the families of the two brothers Paul-Heinz Wesjohann and Erich Wesjohann, and today's PHW Group was created (PHW = initials of the current company owner Paul-Heinz Wesjohann).

The Erich Wesjohann Group that emerged from the separation does not belong to the PHW Group, but has intensive business relationships with it and until 2015 also used the “Wiesenhof” brand.

The Lohmann SE and thus the vaccine or feed additive manufacturer Lohmann Animal Health GmbH in Cuxhaven and Lohmann Animal Health International in Winslow , Maine (USA) in 2014 to the American manufacturers of veterinary drugs Elanco , a division of the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly sold.

In August 2014, the PHW Group applied for approval under competition law for a strategic investment in or takeover of the Dutch slaughterhouse Esbro . Esbro has been one of the most modern since an expanding new building in Doetinchem-Wehl in 2013 and also with a capacity of up to 13,500 slaughterings per hour or 130,000 per day, an annual production of 150,000 tons of meat and a turnover of 66 million euros (2013 in each case) one of the largest poultry slaughterhouses in the Netherlands. In 2015 Esbro expanded its capacity to 235,000 slaughterings per day.

On the night of February 16-17 , 2015, the slaughterhouse of Donautal Geflügelspezialitäten , a branch of the Wiesenhof subsidiary Lohmann , in Bogen-Hofweinzier in Lower Bavaria , with a daily capacity of 250,000 poultry slaughtering, one of the largest in southern Germany, was severely damaged by a major fire . On March 31, 2016, the first trial slaughter took place in the rebuilt factory. In the course of 2016, the number of animals slaughtered should return to the level achieved before the fire. Before the fire, Bogen had around 800 employees, of which 534 were permanent staff (a high proportion compared to the usual conditions in the industry). 240 workers were made redundant during 2015.

At the beginning of 2016, the Wiesenhof slaughterhouse Oldenburger Geflügelspezialitäten in Lohne, Lower Saxony, received permission to increase its capacity from 320,000 to over 430,000 slaughterings per day. On March 28, 2016, a major fire triggered by a defective refrigeration unit destroyed at least two halls in this plant, causing damage of up to 300 million euros. It is estimated that it will take one to one and a half years until full operation can be resumed. In response to the fire, the company announced that it would no longer be able to employ some of the approximately 1200 employees in Lohne. As early as April 2016, employees in the dismantling and packaging departments not affected by the fire resumed their work. It is unclear how many workers have resumed their work for Oldenburger Geflügelspezialitäten GmbH.

At the beginning of 2020, the company's registered office was relocated to Vaduz in Liechtenstein; the administrative seat remains in Visbek.

Compliance with Islamic food regulations

Every slaughter in the slaughterhouses belonging to the PHW group takes place in accordance with Islamic dietary regulations . The slaughterhouses were certified accordingly after all slaughterhouses were aligned to Mecca . Before the slaughter begins, the name of Allah is proclaimed by a Muslim worker . The reason for the change was to increase the export share.

Meatless foods

The group now also offers meat-free products under the Wiesenhof brand. The company would like to offer its customers the full range of products, especially for system catering. According to Wiesenhof, the target group is less about vegetarians and vegans than about the flexitarians . For vegans , the group secured the distribution rights to Beyond Meat at the beginning of 2018 .

Others

The company is one of the co-founders of the private university of applied sciences and professional academy for economics and technology gGmbH (FHWT) in Vechta .

From 1981 to 2001, Paul-Heinz Wesjohann was a member of the CDU, a member of the district council of the Vechta district , 15 years of which as chairman of the parliamentary group.

The PHW Group advertises that it has developed a process for obtaining biofuel from poultry fat, which is used to operate the company's own trucks . This is intended to save fuel costs and reduce the consumption of fossil fuels .

marketing

Until the end of 2007, the group sponsored professional cycling; the “ Team Wiesenhof ” and later the “ Team Wiesenhof-Felt ” (previously until the end of 2006 under the name “Team Wiesenhof-Akud”) were supported.

In August 2012 Werder Bremen announced that Wiesenhof would be the new main and shirt sponsor. The contract has a term of two years, with the Bundesliga team receiving five to eight million euros per season. This decision caused a lot of incomprehension among Werder fans and animal rights activists.

Controversy

Export of slaughterhouse waste

In February 2007, the consumer protection organization Foodwatch accused the PHW Group (as well as Vion NV and other companies) of illegally exporting meat and bone meal from slaughterhouse waste of risk category III to non-EU countries such as Vietnam , even though they did it (except Thailand and Israel) These countries do not have an expressly prescribed bilateral agreement on compliance with EU regulations on protection against the introduction of waste into the human food chain. In the exporting countries, however - allegedly with the knowledge of the processing PHW subsidiary GePro  - exactly this happened, namely the waste was not only processed into animal feed, but also fed to farm animals. In 2005, GePro delivered at least 3600 tons of Category III material to non-EU countries, including Vietnam. According to Foodwatch, GePro had expressly confirmed the export of Category III meat and bone meal upon request. Foodwatch has therefore filed a criminal complaint against the managing director of GePro and the former head of the district of Diepholz. The investigative proceedings initiated as a result of the criminal complaint were discontinued in December 2007 by the Oldenburg public prosecutor's office due to a lack of sufficient suspicion.

GePro points out in a statement that all the exports complained about were officially approved and only went to verified animal feed manufacturers. The authorities only informed GePro of export bans on December 20, 2006, and exports to these countries were then stopped. The products exported by GePro did not only come from the PHW Group, but from all well-known German poultry producers.

Working conditions and salaries

In July 2007, the ZDF magazine Frontal21 reported on the very poor working conditions and wages of Polish guest workers who are said to have earned only 3.50 euros per hour at Wiesenhof. In a statement, the PHW Group pointed out that all employment relationships are properly and regularly checked by the responsible authorities without objection and that, contrary to the statements in the report, the gross wages for the workers addressed were between five and six euros; In addition, there would be free accommodation , which was withheld in the contribution. Based on investigations by the customs authorities in 2010, the Oldenburg public prosecutor brought charges in 2012 against the managing director of the PHW company Geestland Turkey specialties and that of a subcontractor on suspicion of illegal temporary employment. The investigation contributed to the resignation of the then Lower Saxony Agriculture Minister Astrid Grotelüschen in December 2010. The trial of the allegations before the regional court has not yet taken place (as of February 2016). Allegations were also raised in the ARD-exclusive report "The Wiesenhof" broadcast in August 2011. Here, however, it was clearly shown on the basis of a company that board and lodging were not free - a worker had to pay 4 euros per day for a simple place to sleep in a four-bed room in an old barracks. Other employees confirmed this and spoke of a monthly rent of 120 to even 150 € with remuneration of 5.50 € per hour.

In June 2013, a complex network of rapidly changing work contractors and temporary employment agencies in the vicinity of the PHW company Geestland discovered turkey specialties in Wildeshausen, the late repatriates and foreign workers from Romania, Bulgaria and Vietnam at very unfavorable conditions (three-month contracts, € 0.23 wage per kilo cut turkey). Foreign workers were quartered in mass accommodation (up to 15 beds per room). Unwanted confidants were apparently massively intimidated.

Animal welfare violations

Chicken farming

In January 2010, the ARD political magazine Report Mainz uncovered serious animal protection violations (husbandry conditions, killing methods) in a chicken farm in Lower Saxony. Wiesenhof apologized for the misconduct of the employees and the external companies and parted with the responsible employees and external companies. Subsequent special audits by the state veterinary offices in the affected company and other facilities did not result in any complaints. In a settlement, Wiesenhof and PETA have agreed that PETA will no longer say: "Behind the Wiesenhof backdrop there are extremely cruel conditions that are not the exception, but the rule." These allegations were made clear by the ARD report "The Wiesenhof system: How a poultry company exploits animals, people and the environment ”is reiterated. There, recordings that were verifiably taken in a PHW operation by animal rights activists could confirm the allegations. PHW company founder Paul-Heinz Wesjohann rejected these facts in an interview and referred to the subcontractors, in whose work processes PHW had no legal intervention. In addition, he had no knowledge of such processes and could not tell whether the pictures he was shown came from the said stable - a PHW operation in Köthen / Möckern. In addition, according to Wesjohann's statement, judging by the recordings, the animals feel good, which means species-appropriate production for him. On the video excerpt, both the keeping of the animals and the fact that it was a Wiesenhof farm could clearly be seen.

In September 2013, animal rights activists from the Soko Tierschutz organization filed criminal charges against two Wiesenhof fattening farms in the Altötting district and against a Wiesenhof hatchery in Regenstauf, Upper Palatinate.

After researching their facilities, the hatchery in Regenstauf is accused of keeping chickens of a completely overbred breed. In a newspaper report in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on September 11, 2013, it said: “The animals have such abnormal growth that they are in pain, suffer tremendously and can hardly walk. The legs of many chickens are so crippled that they are not able to get water and feed. ”When reporting, the organization Soko Tierschutz refers to Section 11b of the Animal Welfare Act, according to which it is forbidden to breed vertebrates if so It must be expected that the offspring will experience hereditary behavioral disorders associated with disease.

The two fattening farms in the Altötting district are also accused of serious violations of the Animal Welfare Act. In the last few days before slaughter, the chickens on these fattening farms would hardly be able to move painlessly. This is proven by recordings from Soko animal welfare. After a few steps, the animals sit down again because they are no longer physically able to stand on their feet. This alarming behavior is ignored by the fatteners, and the animals do not receive any medical help.

animal cruelty

Stern TV reported at the beginning of September 2013 that weak animals were thrown in the trash at a Wiesenhof supplier in Bavaria . The allegations were based on film recordings by the animal welfare organization “ Soko Tierschutz ”, which showed, among other things, how sick animals lie in the stable, the farm owner hurls a flapping animal into the dumpster or how a farm employee tries to kill a wriggling animal on a bucket. The fattening operation holds 80,000 animals, mainly supplies the PHW group and has already attracted attention several times.

Violation of hygiene regulations in Möckern

In April 2011, according to a report by the news magazine stern, alleged hygienic deficiencies were discovered on a poultry slaughterhouse belonging to the Wiesenhof Group near Möckern . There were also several export bans for poultry, according to Stern. Continuous black mold infestation was discovered on the walls and ceilings . The responsible veterinary supervision could not guarantee a perfect and hygienic slaughter, and there was talk of contamination of the carcasses with gastrointestinal contents. There were also violations in the refrigeration of the carcasses; Exceeding the permitted slaughter rate was also criticized. The company firmly denied the allegations. At this point, too, the ARD exclusive report “Das System Wiesenhof” on August 31, 2011 raised serious allegations, which, however, could only be indirectly proven. However, the facts shown there could lead to the conclusion that sick or stunted animals also get into the slaughter process, since the inspectors (meat inspectors) with approx. 0.8 seconds per animal did not have enough time to be able to perceive a real inspection. This is due to the excessive belt speed with which the animals would be transported and to the understaffing of meat inspectors who, moreover, are unable to maintain their control function with the highest concentration in continuous use for a whole day.

According to consistent reports of several former employees of the slaughterhouse in Möckern, large quantities of meat, due to the high production speed, are said to have repeatedly fallen to the ground and still been processed. On some days the employees are said to have “stood up to their calves in chickens”.

After repeated complaints from the authorities, the Möckern slaughterhouse was temporarily closed on March 5, 2012, but reopened on March 7.

Overuse of water supplies

The PHW Group is accused of overexploiting the groundwater reserves in the vicinity of their production facilities. Since 1951, the groundwater level in the east of Lohne has fallen by several meters. The water level in a fish pond in the Brägel district of Lohn has fallen by 1.88 m since the early 1980s. In 2011 there was resistance in Lohne. A lawsuit by the PHW Group to enforce the right of way to cross foreign properties in order to develop new water resources was rejected by the Vechta District Court.

In August 2012, the Naturschutzbund Deutschland in the Vechta district filed a lawsuit against the Vechta district regarding the approval of new groundwater extraction capacities for the PHW Group, which was rejected by the Oldenburg Administrative Court in March 2014.

In 2010 there were a number of objections to the application by the Oldenburg-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV) to increase the output of the Wildeshausen waterworks from 4.5 million to 5.5 million m³ annually. One of the main reasons for the increase in the delivery rate was the establishment of the Geestland turkey slaughterhouse , a company of the PHW Group, in Wildeshausen. Geestland alone, according to the OOWV, needs 300,000 m³ of fresh water per year. There was extensive restructuring in the south of the OOWV catchment area. Deliveries from the Wildeshausen waterworks to Bremen were reduced by 1.46 million m³ in 2014.

Suspected subsidy fraud

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At the end of April 2010, as part of public prosecution investigations, there were raids on the slaughterhouse in Möckern and the Wiesenhof headquarters in Visbek, Lower Saxony, as well as on the responsible supervisory authorities. The public prosecutor's office in Oldenburg investigated the well-founded initial suspicion of subsidy fraud. The group was accused of having received unjustified EU subsidies for exports in the millions from 2002 to 2010, since the Möckern plant from January 1, 2002 to August 25, 2010 did not have EU approval for slaughtering, cutting and processing poultry have.

Protests

In recent years, several non-violent blockade actions by animal rights and environmental activists have taken place at Wiesenhof locations. On March 9, 2013, activists of the Mastanlagen Resistance group cemented themselves in concrete on the driveways to the Wiesenhof slaughterhouse in Bogen, Bavaria. On May 19, 2015, the access to the Wiesenhof slaughterhouse in Möckern, Saxony-Anhalt, was blocked. On August 20, 2015, activists chained themselves with poles in front of the headquarters of Wiesenhof in Rechterfeld, Lower Saxony. In 2016 the construction site of the previously burned down slaughterhouse in Bogen was occupied. In March 2017, animal rights activists from various groups, together with activists from citizens' groups, blocked the Wiesenhof slaughterhouse in Königs Wusterhausen in Brandenburg . The slaughterhouse “stands for the degradation of all life and its resources to sellable goods,” said the activists of the last-mentioned action, according to media reports. A citizens' initiative in Königs Wusterhausen has been protesting against the company's expansion plans at the location since autumn 2016.

Awards

In 2001 the PHW Group received the Golden Sugar Loaf , an industry award for the food industry.

In October 2004 the Bavarian Ministry of Consumer Protection awarded the animal welfare prize to the “willow cockerel” farmers who work exclusively for Wiesenhof. “Willow chickens” is the organic line of the PHW Group.

Web links

Commons : PHW Group  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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