EU-certified game cutting plant: game purchasing, cutting and refining of local game meat in Kenn near Trier.
ARTEMIS GmbH & Co. KG
Kenn (Trier-Saarburg)New on Amplifa
About ARTEMIS Wild
ARTEMIS GmbH & Co. KG, based in Kenn near Trier, is an EU-certified game cutting plant and offers hunters year-round game purchasing and game collection. At the roughly 1,500 m² facility in Kenn, wild boar, roe deer, red deer, fallow deer and mouflon are professionally received, cut and refined. Up to 400 animals can be processed per day, with an annual capacity of up to 300 tonnes of game meat – from the 10-kg roe deer through 130-kg stags to the tusker. About 50 % of the meat is used as an ingredient for pet food, 25 % are prime cuts for gastronomy, retail and the butcher's trade, or meat for game sausage production (e.g. standardized game sausage meat for game salami in bags from 100 g to 10 kg). The majority of the goods are produced as frozen products. Artemis is a subsidiary of the pet food manufacturer Vet-Concept from Föhren; the entire animal is utilized. End customers are supplied directly via the company's own factory outlet in Kenn.
- Site
- Kenn
- Processes
- Game cutting (EU-certified game cutting plant), Refining of game meat / production of game sausage (game salami, standardized, Wet pet food production (pet food, 50 % of the meat), Game purchasing, game trading, game collection, Game purchasing from hunters (year-round), Game collection, Game cutting, Refining of game meat
- Materials
- Red deer meat, Roe deer meat, Wild boar meat, Fallow deer, Mouflon, Red deer, Wild boar, Roe deer
- Certificates
- EU approval / EU-certified game cutting plant, EU approval as a game cutting plant
- Founded
- 2020
- Employees
- 10
- Industries
- Gastronomy, Retail, Butcher's trade, Pet food
- 01
Game purchasing from hunters (year-round)
- 02
Game collection
- 03
Goods receipt and identification (Winweb ERP system)
- 04
Hide goods cooling and hide removal
- 05
Game cutting
- 06
Refining (game sausage meat, frozen goods)
- 07
Frozen storage
- 08
Distribution to gastronomy, retail and the butcher's trade; factory outlet
Game species
Red deer
Robust game meat, among other things as fillet and braised shoulder for gastronomy and retail.
Roe deer
Tender, versatile game meat, e.g. saddle of roe deer and medallions.
Wild boar
Juicy, flavourful meat for steaks, minced products and game sausage.
Fallow deer
Delivered in mixed consignments and processed at the cutting plant.
Mouflon
Delivered in mixed consignments and processed at the cutting plant.
Red deer
Delivered in mixed consignments and processed at the cutting plant.
Site
Kenn
DEGame cutting plant, production, frozen storage, factory outlet
- Part weight / size
- Animals from 10 kg (roe deer) to over 130 kg (tusker)
- Lot size
- ca. 400 animals/day; max. 300 t game meat/year
- Materials
- Red deer, roe deer, wild boar, fallow deer, mouflon
- Pipe rail system with plastic insert (3 m height, Renner slaughterhouse technology)
- Automatic hook return
- Hook washing system (mounted under the ceiling)
- Pneumatic lifting work platforms
- Renner Jumbo platform
- Hide goods cooling room (250–300 animals, 1 °C)
- Carcass cooling room (300 animals, 0 °C)
- Category 3 cooling room
- Frozen storage
- Conveyor belt clean/dirty side
- Winweb ERP system
- Wet pet food production (parent company Vet-Concept)
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game cutting (EU-certified game cutting plant)Assembly | – | – | 10 kg – 130 kg and more (tusker) | ca. 400 animals/day – max. 300 t game meat/year | Red deer, Roe deer, Wild boar, Fallow deer, Mouflon |
| Refining of game meat / production of game sausage (game salami, standardizedPlastics | – | – | 100 g (bag) – 10 kg (bag) | – | Wild boar, Red deer, Roe deer |
| Wet pet food production (pet food, 50 % of the meat)Plastics | – | – | – | – | Game meat |
| Game purchasing, game trading, game collectionTesting | – | – | – | – | Red deer, Roe deer, Wild boar, Fallow deer, Mouflon |
11 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pipe rail system with plastic insert | Renner slaughterhouse technology | – | 3 m height | 2020 | Kenn |
| Automatic hook return | Renner slaughterhouse technology | – | – | 2020 | Kenn |
| Hook washing system (mounted under the ceiling) | Renner slaughterhouse technology | 1 | – | 2020 | Kenn |
| Pneumatic lifting work platforms | Renner slaughterhouse technology | several | – | 2020 | Kenn |
| Renner "Jumbo platform" (work platform) | Renner slaughterhouse technology Jumbo platform | – | – | 2020 | Kenn |
| Hide goods cooling room | – | 1 | Capacity 250–300 animals, 1 °C | 2020 | Kenn |
| Cooling room (carcasses) | – | 1 | Capacity 300 animals, 0 °C | 2020 | Kenn |
| Category 3 cooling room (hides/K3 sections) | – | 1 | – | 2020 | Kenn |
| Frozen storage | – | – | – | – | Kenn |
| Conveyor belt (transport clean/dirty side) | – | – | – | 2020 | Kenn |
| Winweb ERP system | Winweb | 1 | – | – | Kenn |
Additional services
Quality & Hygiene
As an EU-certified game cutting plant, the facility is subject to daily inspection by official veterinarians. Hygienic separation of clean and dirty work areas, an automatic hook washing system and traceability via the Winweb ERP system ensure the quality standard.
| Evidence | Kenn |
|---|---|
| EU approval as a game cutting plant |
History
- 2020
Decision on and construction of the game processing facility in the former Quint building in Kenn (approx. 1,500 m²); EU approval on 2 October 2020, start of cutting operations
- 2021
Ten new employees hired; parent company Vet-Concept (Föhren) brings wet pet food production into operation as well