About
Noordvlees Group is a Belgian pork-processing and supply business headquartered in Kalmthout. Founded in 1955 by Stan Van Gool in the Achterbroek district, the business developed around pig slaughtering and expanded into international pork sales, meat processing and refrigerated transport. Its activities connect livestock purchasing with the preparation and commercial supply of pork carcasses, cuts and edible by-products. The group also includes refrigerated transport business Euforbia Belgium and operates the Vleeshal Van Gool butcher shop in Kalmthout. In September 2024, Noordvlees announced a restructuring centred on purchasing live pigs, selling carcasses and by-products, and expanding by-product processing and packing. The plan provided for slaughtering at Sus Campiniae in Oevel and the eventual relocation of other activities to Brecht. Limited, temporary slaughtering resumed in Kalmthout in February 2025, while management maintained its longer-term relocation strategy. These developments distinguish the group's ongoing pork-supply business from the changing role of its original slaughterhouse site.
Products
The company's core product range comprises pork carcasses, pork cuts and edible red offal, supplied in fresh and frozen formats. Red offal includes hearts, livers and kidneys. Its registered export assortment also covers whole and half carcasses, feet, trimmings, tongues, tails, jowls, heads, ears and snouts. These products form a business-to-business meat offering rather than a range confined to finished consumer-packaged foods. Noordvlees combines livestock purchasing and carcass sales with meat-processing, by-product preparation and packing activities. Its restructuring programme specifically identified the further development of by-product processing and packaging as a continuing operational priority. Refrigerated transport through Euforbia supports the group's involvement in the food supply chain, alongside its separate butcher-shop activity. Pork remains the central food category across its published commercial product information.
Export markets
Noordvlees supplies international markets in Europe, Asia and Africa. Its export business covers commodity pork products, including carcasses, cuts and edible offal, in fresh and frozen forms. This international wholesale activity is distinct from the group's local butcher-shop sales in Belgium.
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