De Wit Slaughterhouse is a family-owned pig slaughterhouse with a history going back more than 80 years. Through a recent renovation and expansion, the firm’s capacity increased to 750.000 pigs per year. The company is located in a region where a substantial part of the total Dutch pig stock is housed. PALI Group, founded in 1959 and located in Eersel, the Netherlands, is a leading family-owned meat company, active throughout a large part of the value chain. Its most important activities are livestock trading and veal production through its subsidiary Vitelco, one of the largest veal slaughterhouses in the world. The company has subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland and Italy and has customers worldwide. In 2015, sales reached €387m. With the acquisition, leading meat trading and production company PALI Group will strengthen its position in the pig industry.