Production of meat and sausage products according to traditional recipes – from the region for the region.
Altmärker Fleisch und Wurstwaren GmbH
39576 Hansestadt StendalNew on Amplifa
About us
Altmärker Fleisch und Wurstwaren GmbH is a family-owned company based in Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, with more than 140 years of butcher's craftsmanship. The company produces fresh sausage and meat products daily according to traditional, regionally oriented recipes – from Bockwurst and Knackwurst to Filetrotwurst, hunters' schnitzels, cold platters, gift baskets and sous-vide ready meals. Production includes the cutting of fresh meat by qualified specialists, sausage production, smoking, breading as well as slicing and packaging on a modern slicing and packaging line. The full product range comprises over 150 products, which are distributed through 37 branches, the grocery retail trade and sales vans in rural communities. 103 of the total of 266 employees work at the Stendal site. The company avoids flavour enhancers and artificial flavours and ensures the traceability of all raw materials and products. Certifications according to IFS Higher Level and ISO 50001 confirm the quality and energy management requirements.
- Site
- Hansestadt Stendal
- Processes
- Sausage production (sausage products fresh daily), Meat cutting (cutting by qualified specialists), Smoking (freshly smoked sausage products), Sous Vide / Cook and Chill (semi-finished/ready meals), Slicing and packaging (slicing and packaging line), Breading (hunters' schnitzels with breadcrumbs), Cold platter and gift basket offerings, Supply of grocery retail
- Materials
- Pork, Beef, Wood (disposable cutlery, bio-wax coated), Wood (disposable cutlery)
- Certificates
- IFS Higher Level, ISO 50001 Energy Management, ISO 50001
- Founded
- 1881
- Employees
- 266
- Industries
- Food craft/butchery, Grocery retail
- 01
Meat cutting
- 02
Sausage production
- 03
Smoking
- 04
Slicing
- 05
Packaging
- 06
Distribution via branches, retail and sales vans
Raw materials and processes
Pork
Basic raw material for sausage products such as Filetrotwurst and smoked products.
Beef
Raw material for fresh meat products such as steaks and roulades.
Wood (disposable cutlery)
Made from certified sustainable forestry, coated with bio-wax, for lunch service and snack vans.
Locations
Stendal
DEHeadquarters, production and company building
- Materials
- Pork, Beef
- Slicing and packaging line (2005)
- Cutting centre for fresh meat (2006)
- Combined heat and power plant (2015)
- Solar system (2015)
- Absorption refrigeration system (2016)
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sausage production (sausage products fresh daily)Food production | – | – | – | – | Pork, Beef |
| Meat cutting (cutting by qualified specialists)Food production | – | – | – | – | Fresh meat |
| Smoking (freshly smoked sausage products)Food production | – | – | – | – | Pork |
| Sous Vide / Cook and Chill (semi-finished/ready meals)Food production | – | – | – | – | Meat |
| Slicing and packaging (slicing and packaging line)Food production | – | – | – | – | Sausage products |
| Breading (hunters' schnitzels with breadcrumbs)Food production | – | – | – | – | Meat |
6 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slicing and packaging line | – | – | – | 2005 | Stendal |
| Cutting centre for fresh meat | – | – | – | 2006 | Stendal |
| Combined heat and power plant | – | – | – | 2015 | Stendal |
| Absorption refrigeration system | – | – | – | 2016 | Stendal |
| Solar system | – | – | – | 2015 | Stendal |
| Sales vans/barbecue vans (snack vans) | – | – | – | – | Stendal |
Additional services
Quality
The company avoids flavour enhancers and artificial flavours and guarantees the traceability of all raw materials and products. It is certified according to IFS Higher Level, received certification according to DIN ISO 50001 in 2019 and is awarded annually by the DLG.
| Evidence | Stendal |
|---|---|
| IFS Higher Level | |
| ISO 50001 |
History
- 1881
Daniel Wilhelm Scheid opens an inn with a butcher's shop in Flacht an der Lahn
- 1887
Foundation of the Stendal slaughterhouse
- 1959
The slaughterhouse becomes VEB Fleischkombinat
- 1966
Alfred and Waltraud Viehmann set up their own butcher's shop in Bielefeld
- 1973
Takeover of a butcher's retail shop in Bückeburg
- 1993
The Viehmann family takes over the Altmärkische Schlacht-, Fleisch- und Wurstwaren GmbH (160 employees) and renames it Altmärker Fleisch- und Wurstwaren GmbH
- 1996
Move into the newly built company and production building
- 2002
Foundation of Erlander Fleischwaren GmbH & Co. KG
- 2004
Expansion of the production area
- 2005
Commissioning of the new slicing and packaging line
- 2005
First IFS certification at Higher Level
- 2006
Commissioning of the new cutting centre for fresh meat
- 2010
Development of the Sous Vide/Cook and Chill concept
- 2012
Extension of the shipping cooling areas and the warehouse
- 2015
Commissioning of the combined heat and power plant and solar system
- 2016
Commissioning of the absorption refrigeration system
- 2019
Certification according to DIN ISO 50001
- 2020
Plan: 10 % energy saving through energy-saving transformer