Hubert Bahlmann GmbH & Co. KG

The Company

Hubert Bahlmann GmbH & Co. KG is a family-owned veal business founded in 1959, headquartered in Lindern (Cloppenburg district). The company covers the entire value chain: calf purchasing, rearing on agricultural fattening farms close to the company, feed production through its subsidiary Optimin (milk replacers, milk powder, feed supplements, liquid fat blends) as well as slaughtering and cutting at the EC meat centre in Lindern (approval DE-NI 10107). These areas are complemented by in-house warehouse and shipping logistics with a fleet of refrigerated vehicles as well as a factory outlet. Since 2005, Bahlmann has also operated a biogas plant (final output 2.5 MW), photovoltaic systems, combined heat and power units and, since 2025, a natural gas upgrading plant with an feed-in capacity of 35 million kWh. Seamless origin traceability via ear tags and a central database as well as continuous checks in the in-house laboratory ensure product quality.

Site

Lindern

Processes

Calf purchasing, Calf rearing on agricultural fattening farms, Feed production (milk replacer, milk powder, feed supplements, liquid fat blends), Slaughter & cutting of veal and beef, Warehouse & logistics (own vehicle fleet with refrigerated vehicles), Factory outlet (Bahlmann Shop), Biogas and photovoltaic energy generation, Natural gas upgrading

Materials

Milk replacer, Milk powder, Feed supplements, Liquid fat blends

Certificates

IFS (International Food Standard), QS (Slaughter & Cutting, Feed Industry, Compound Feed Production), Controlling Association for German Veal (KDK), Halal, Energy management system, QS (Slaughter & Cutting), QS (Feed industry), QS (Compound feed production Optimin), KDK (Controlling Association for German Veal)

Founded

1959

Industries

Meat industry / veal trade, Feed industry, Renewable energies

1. 01

   Calf purchasing

2. 02

   Calf rearing on fattening farms

3. 03

   Feed production (Optimin)

4. 04

   Slaughtering

5. 05

   Cutting

6. 06

   Vacuum packing

7. 07

   Warehouse & logistics

8. 08

   Marketing/factory outlet

Products & Feed

Locations

Lindern

DE

Headquarters, EC meat centre (slaughter & cutting, DE-NI 10107), compound feed plant (Optimin), biogas plant

Materials

Milk replacer, milk powder, feed supplements, liquid fat blends

• Slaughter facility
• Fat blending plant
• Biogas plant (2.5 MW)
• Combined heat and power unit
• Photovoltaic systems
• Refrigerated vehicles

Products

Inside the production

Quality & Certificates

All processes follow the IFS quality management system; continuous quality controls are carried out in the in-house laboratory, supported by the partners German Institute of Food Technologies and SGS. Every animal is traced seamlessly from birth via two ear tags with ID number and birth passport in a central database.