History
While Centravo may no longer be the cooperative of master butchers that it once was, it nevertheless remains first and foremost a provider of services to the Swiss meat industry.
2019
Export licence to China — Swiss NutrivalorAG, Oensingen.
2018
Founding of Collaswiss AG.
2017
Commissioning of the Swiss NutrivalorAG processing site in Oensingen.
2015
Merger of the Nutriswiss AG & Grüninger AG production sites to form one consolidated food products unit for operational activities at the Zurich site.
2014
Portfolio is expanded — pharma/peptides Decision to invest in pioneering projects and innovative approaches with the “Food Processing Centre”.
2010
Establishment of Swiss Feedvalor AG (marketing of livestock feed). Conversion of the group of companies into a holding.
2009
Establishment of Swiss Ecovalor AG (marketing of BIODIESEL+). Discontinuation of operations in Zurich.
2008
Establishment of Swiss NutriValor AG (international marketing of slaughterhouse products fit for consumption as food).
2007
Commissioning of GZM’s waste water treatment facility (ABA) and new air-cooled condensers.
2006
Discontinuation of business activities in Basel. Gradual assumption of responsibility for business activities at Marti Protein AG, Othmarsingen.
2003
Extensive investment in GZM exhaust air treatment systems.
1990
Establishment of Centravo AG (German acronym for "CENTRAL SALES ORGANISATION") from the three self-help organisations HFZ (Hides/Skins and Fat), HAFEBA (Skins Recycling Basel, Fat Plant Basel) and GZM (Swiss Master Butcher Cooperative for Central Switzerland).
1974
Expansion of capacity at GZM for processing animal carcasses following the abolishment of knackers’ yards.
1964
Establishment of GZM in Lyss: processing of bones and offal, use of chemical solvents for degreasing (extraction).
1889 / 1904 / 1908
Establishment of butcher self-help organisations in Zurich, Basel and Bern for marketing slaughterhouse by-products, mainly from hides and fats..
