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| HEADQUARTERS Warsaw, Poland |
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| PRESIDENT Darek Nowakowski |
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| EMPLOYEES 7,700 |
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| FISCAL 2011 SALES $1.1 billion1 |
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Animex is Poland’s largest producer of fresh and packaged meats. The company is also home to the prized Krakus Ham. Primary lines of business include fresh pork, beef, and poultry as well as smoked and cooked hams, sausages, hot dogs, bacon, canned meats, and pâtés. Animex products are available in more than 50 countries at retail and through foodservice channels. The company operates four red meat facilities in Elk, Morliny, Starachowice, and Szczecin; four white meat facilities in Ilawa, Suwalki, Debica, and Opole; two feed mills in Grodkow and Zamosc; and one raw material supply facility in Ilawa.
Major Brands
Krakus, Morliny, Morlinki, Berlinki, Mazury, Yano
Facilities

Debica, Elk, Ilawa, Morliny, Opole, Starachowice, Suwalki, Szczecin
- Donated more than 10 tons—30,000 servings—of canned meat as part of Poland’s 2010 flood relief effort
- Supported lunch campaigns in a number of districts in 2010, contributing 134,000 pounds of meats and processed foods
- Participated in World Water Monitoring Day 2010 by sponsoring eight events involving more than 400 students
- Funded 78 scholarships totaling nearly $60,000 through Animex Foundation for children of employees and farmers for the 2010/11 school year
- Financed publication of educational guide for Warsaw Agricultural University (SGGW) to distribute to students considering a career in meat production and processing






