Meat and sausage products in the fourth generation: bratwurst, liver sausage and meatballs for retail, wholesale distribution and catering.
Pisters & Söhne Fleisch und Wurstwaren GmbH & Co. KG
Erkelenz-HetzerathNew on Amplifa
About us
Pisters & Söhne Fleisch und Wurstwaren GmbH & Co. KG is a fourth-generation family business from Erkelenz-Hetzerath specializing in the production of high-quality meat and sausage products. Founded in 1908, the company combines traditional butchery craftsmanship with modern production technology. Its best-known products include bratwurst, fine liver sausage and fried meatballs. Production takes place at the Hatzurodestraße site in Erkelenz-Hetzerath, where the company has operated its own production facility with cold storage rooms and a packaging area since 1972. Its customer groups range from wholesalers and snack bar bulk customers, delicatessen companies and food retail chains to sausage factories, bakeries, its own fresh counter and catering. Since 1998, the company has held an EC approval number, which entitles it to unrestricted distribution of its products within the European Union. The managing directors are Enrico Pisters and Marco Pisters.
- Site
- Erkelenz-Hetzerath
- Processes
- Catering, Retail shop sales (fresh counter), Wholesale/bulk distribution, Supply of food retail chains
- Certificates
- EC approval number (EU-approved meat business, highest hygiene standard), EC approval number, ISO 9001
- Founded
- 1908
- Industries
- Food retail, Wholesale, Snack bar businesses, Delicatessen manufacturers, Bakeries, Gastronomy/Catering
- 01
Meat product manufacturing
- 02
Packaging
- 03
Cooling and storage
- 04
Distribution via wholesale, retail, fresh counter and catering
Locations
Erkelenz-Hetzerath
DEProduction facility and specialist shop
- Materials
- Meat and sausage products
- Production facility with cold storage rooms
- Packaging area
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality
The company has been approved with an EC number since 09.06.1998, which certifies a high hygiene standard and permits unrestricted distribution within the EU. Since 1993, the company has also repeatedly achieved successes in the CMA competitions with awarded quality seals.
| Evidence | Erkelenz-Hetzerath |
|---|---|
| EC approval number | |
| ISO 9001 |
History
- 1908
Foundation of the butchery by Arnold Gehlen
- 1930
Arnold Gehlen passes his master craftsman examination at the Aachen Chamber of Crafts
- 1947
Death of Arnold Gehlen; business continued by his widow and daughters in Unterbruch, Wurmstraße
- 1948
Heinz Pisters passes his master craftsman examination at the Aachen Chamber of Crafts
- 1952
Opening of a branch in Hetzerath
- 1953
Takeover of the business by son-in-law Heinz Pisters and his wife Maria Pisters (née Gehlen)
- 1967
Move to new premises with an attached supermarket in Rheydt
- 1972
New construction of the production facility in Hetzerath, Hatzurodestraße; expansion of production, soon supplying food retail chains
- 1976
Arnold Pisters passes his master craftsman examination at the Frankfurt a. M. Chamber of Crafts
- 1980
Handover of the business to son Arnold Pisters
- 1986
Expansion of production with cold storage rooms and a packaging area
- 1993
Start of successes in CMA competitions (quality seals)
- 1998
Granting of the EC number on 09.06.1998 in the first inspection pass
- 2002
Marco Pisters joins the business after completing his training as the best in his guild
- 2008
Marco Pisters passes his master craftsman examination at the Frankfurt a. M. Chamber of Crafts
- 2014
Renaming to Pisters & Sohn Fleisch- und Wurstwaren