Grupo Valouro (Valouro Group) or simply Valouro, is one of the largest economic groups in Portuguese
agrobusiness
Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy,
in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise.
The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit w ...
industry and the biggest in the
poultry
Poultry () are domesticated birds kept by humans for their eggs, their meat or their feathers. These birds are most typically members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl), especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens, quails, ...
sector. Headquartered in
Torres Vedras Municipality, it has several companies and a portfolio of leading brands in poultry and animal feeds, including Rações Valouro, Avibom, Kilom and Pinto Valouro.
History
Working in the Portuguese poultry market since 1875, the Santos family began to modernize and expand the business in 1966 with the construction of a poultry slaughterhouse (the second private facility installed in the country). This unit, now known as Building Avibom, serves as the core of the Valouro, SGPS,
SA. In 1978, with the aim of complementing the poultry business, was installed a feed mill in Marteleira in the municipality of
Lourinhã
Lourinhã () is a municipality in the District of Lisbon, in the Oeste Subregion of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 25,735, in an area of 147.17 km². The seat of the municipality is the town of Lourinhã, with a population of 8,800 inhab ...
, which was followed 10 years later by another unit in Ramalhal in the municipality of Torres Vedras, and then another plant near
Badajoz
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, Spain. The company's expansion continued, and today has several slaughterhouses that produce poultry meat under various trade names for the Portuguese and international markets.
External links
Rações Valouro website - one of Valouro's core businessesAvibom website - one of Valouro's core businessesKilom website - one of Valouro's core businesses
Animal food manufacturers
Brand name poultry meats
Meat companies of Portugal