“Animex Feather Plant” Ltd. (Animex – Zakład Pierzarski Sp. z o.o) in Cracow is one of the companies of “ANIMEX” Capital Group, 100% capital of which is owned by an American company from Virginia: Smithfield Foods Inc.

Main goal of our company is processing of duck and goose raw down and feather.

Our key suppliers of raw material are the companies which belong to "ANIMEX" Capital Group, such as:

Poultry Company in Iława (Iławskie Zakłady Drobiarskie),

Animex-South in Dębica (Animex-Południe Dębica),

Poultry Company in Suwałki (Suwalskie Zakłady Drobiarskie),

as well as companies outside of the group eg. Indykpol Olsztyn.

Apart from that, our company purchases mother goose down and feather from goose nestlings hatchings companies from “ANIMEX” Capital Group, such as:

Nestlings Hatching Company in Ełk (Zakład Wylęgu Piskląt w Ełku),

Nestlings Hatching Company in Bakałarzewo (Zakład Wylęgu Piskląt w Bakałarzewie),

Goose Nestlings Hatching Company in Bielsko Podlaskie (Zakład Wylęgu Piskląt w Bielsku Podlaskim).

“Animex” Capital Group controls around 35% to 40% of down and feather raw material coming from goose slaughtering.