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Our production process

Our biofuel has a smaller ecological footprint than other sources such as palm and rapeseed oil. Cultivating raw materials from these vegetables requires huge tracts of agricultural land to be profitable.

Furthermore, our raw materials from swine come from local sources as opposed to palm oil which has to be imported from Asia. The raw materials from our suppliers as well as our clients are all within a radius of 400 km from our production facilities.

This is how we we achieve circular production, from snout to tail, with the smallest ecological footprint possible.

More than 60 years of expertise

Our history

1920

Louis Kerselaers starts a slaughterhouse with its own meat trade.
Melle Vermeylen, his wife, starts melting the fat that is released during slaughter.

1940

Stop abattoir under German occupation, fat smelting continues.

1954

Death of Louis Kerselaers , inherited by Elodie Kerselaers and Achille Timmermans.

1984

Achille Timmermans retires and leaves the business to Elodie Kerselaers’ grandson, Tony Van Nuffel.

1984

The new company name Belgras bvba is founded. It was a name Louis Kerselaers had came up with long ago.

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1987

The new fat smelting plant in Hulshout is put into operation. A change of melting technique, namely the batch system, is also made here. It remained a humane smelter.

1995

Technigras, the new fat smelter is started up next to the existing humane smelter Belgras.

Technigras was a cat3 smelter, enabling us to offer a total solution for our suppliers. Belgrass humane quality, Technigras animal feed or technical application.

2005

Belgras stops melting for humans, the name Technigras disappears and the entire site is converted into a cat3 plant under the name Belgras.

2008

At the end of December there was a merger between NV Arnout and Belgras Bvba. Both became part of the Tönnies meat group. Arnout is called Fapro, Belgras Progra.
After the takeover, Fapro was reorganized and became a single pig processing company, Progra a mixed processing company.

2009

Progra starts in-house flour processing and invests in presses, hammer mills and flour silos.

2010

Batch system is replaced by a Tremesa melting boiler (continuous system).

2012

The construction of a large landfill bunker extends the reception capacity of raw materials.

2013

An additional biofilter is added for odour control.

2017

Construction of a covered loading and unloading quay is completed.

2018

New accessories and a hammer mill are added to the flour department.

2019

Installed extra fat tanks for storage of melted fat.

Further expansion of production capacity with a second Tremesa melting boiler.

2020

Further expansion of flour storage with 6 new silos.

Installed new sorting belt for raw material complete with metal detection.

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