The heristo Group produces sausage specialties, ready meals, snacks, baked goods and pet food as own brands and private labels.

heristo aktiengesellschaft

Bad Rothenfelde (Headquarters) · Sassenberg · Bremen · Blankenhain · Ottersberg · Hattem (NL) · Terre Haute (USA)New on Amplifa

1913Founded (Stockmeyer)

3,900+Employees

7Production and administrative sites in DE, NL and USA

1938Buss Fertiggerichte

1987saturn petcare

About heristo

heristo aktiengesellschaft, headquartered in Bad Rothenfelde, is the parent company of an internationally positioned food group with more than a dozen companies and over 3,900 employees. The group manufactures sausage specialties such as salami and cooked ham (Westfälische Fleischwarenfabrik Stockmeyer, founded 1913), chilled and shelf-stable ready meals in cans and trays (Buss Fertiggerichte, since 1938), savory snacks and baked goods such as calzone and salami sticks (Mar-Ko Fleischwaren) as well as private-label pet food – wet food, dry food, snacks and dairy products for dogs and cats (saturn petcare, founded 1987). Production takes place on modern machinery and plant equipment in multi-shift operation, including smoking and ripening of raw sausage as well as filling and packaging systems. In addition to branded products, the group manufactures private labels for food retail. Further business areas include meat trading, aviation (HTM Group) and IT services (serv.it). Production sites are located in Germany, the Netherlands and the USA.

Site: Bad Rothenfelde
Processes: Manufacture of sausage specialties (salami, cooked ham, raw sausage), Smoking and ripening of raw sausage, Manufacture of pet food (wet food, snacks, dry food, dairy products), Baked goods production (kneading, baking, calzone), Packaging of food, Manufacture of ready meals (shelf-stable and chilled), Labeling, Manufacture of sausage specialties (own brands and private labels)
Materials: Meat (pork/meat products), Meat (pork), Raw sausage (uncooked sausage)
Certificates: Hygiene and quality management system, Documentation of inspection reports, SAP system for quality data
Founded: 1913
Employees: 3,900+
Industries: Food, Sausage products, Convenience food, Ready meals, Pet food / petfood, Delicatessen

01
Raw material purchasing (including meat import)
02
Sausage production (salami, cooked ham, raw sausage)
03
Smoking and ripening
04
Ready meal and snack production
05
Pet food production
06
Filling and labeling
07
Packaging
08
Distribution and export

Materials & Raw Materials

FLE

Meat (pork)

Basic raw material for sausage specialties, raw sausage, snacks and pet food.

RBW

Raw sausage (uncooked sausage)

Smoked and ripened in Blankenhain (Mar-Ko).

Locations

Bad Rothenfelde

Headquarters and administration

Sassenberg

Production of sausage specialties (Westfälische Fleischwarenfabrik Stockmeyer GmbH, Stockmeyer-Straße 1)

Lot size: High-volume series
Materials: Meat (pork)

Sausage specialty production facilities

Bremen

Production of pet food (saturn petcare GmbH, Senator-Mester-Straße 1)

Lot size: High-volume series
Materials: Meat

Modern food production machinery

Blankenhain

Production of snacks & baked goods (Mar-Ko Fleischwaren GmbH, Waldecker Straße 15)

Lot size: High-volume series
Materials: Raw sausage

Kneading machine
Baking oven
Packaging machine

Ottersberg

Production of ready meals (Buss Fertiggerichte GmbH, Am Damm 26)

Lot size: High-volume series

Processing and filling systems
Packaging systems

Hattem

Production of pet food

Terre Haute

Pet food manufacturing plant

Inside the production

Industries

FoodSausage productsConvenience foodReady mealsPet food / petfoodDelicatessenMeat tradingAviationIT

Processes & technical limits

Processes	Tolerance	Max. part	Weight	Lot size	Materials
Manufacture of sausage specialties (salami, cooked ham, raw sausage)Assembly	–	–	–	–	Meat, Sausage specialties
Smoking and ripening of raw sausageHeat treatment	–	–	–	–	Meat
Manufacture of pet food (wet food, snacks, dry food, dairy products)Assembly	–	–	–	–	Meat
Baked goods production (kneading, baking, calzone)Assembly	–	–	–	–	Baked goods
Packaging of foodAssembly	–	–	–	–	–
Manufacture of ready meals (shelf-stable and chilled)Assembly	–	–	–	–	–
LabelingAssembly	–	–	–	–	–

4 Anlagen & Maschinen

Machine	Manufacturer / model	Quantity	Working area	Year built	Site
Kneading machine	–	–	–	–	Blankenhain (Mar-Ko)
Baking oven	–	–	–	–	Blankenhain (Mar-Ko)
Packaging machine	–	–	–	–	Blankenhain (Mar-Ko)
Food production machinery (modern machinery park)	–	–	–	–	Bremen (saturn petcare)

Additional services

Manufacture of sausage specialties (own brands and private labels)Manufacture of ready meals (chilled and shelf-stable)Manufacture of convenience foodPrivate-label pet food (wet food, dry food, snacks, baked goods)Premium brand animonda petcare via specialized retail, breeders, veterinariansExport and import of own finished productsWholesale and foreign trade for external producersMeat import from South America, Ireland, New ZealandHelicopter operations (HTM Group)IT services (serv.it)

Quality

Quality assurance is carried out through documented inspection and quality data along the production processes, including hygiene, safety and occupational health standards as well as continuous inspection of the production machinery.

Evidence	Sassenberg	Bremen	Blankenhain	Ottersberg
Hygiene and quality management system
Documentation of inspection reports
SAP system for quality data