date:Apr 25, 2013
Owned by ZLTO, a Dutch agricultural and horticultural association, VION made an operating profit of 90.1 million euros ($117 million) on sales of 9.5 billion euros in 2011, the most recent year for which financial results have been published.
VION Food, the main meat business, has 14,000 employees while VION Ingredients has 6,000 staff.
Separate financial details for the two businesses are not disclosed, a spokesman said. He declined to say whether any advisers or bankers have been appointed t