Vall Companys Group closed the 2025 financial year with revenue of \u20ac4.626 billion, according to the annual accounts filed with the Commercial Registry. This figure positions it as Spain\u2019s leading business group in the food sector. Originally founded in Lleida, Vall Companys Group has made a strategic commitment to Arag\u00f3n, where its operations generated revenue of \u20ac941 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These figures highlight Arag\u00f3n\u2019s importance as a strategic region for the corporation\u2019s operations. Vall Companys Group\u2019s revenue in Arag\u00f3n currently represents 20.3% of the Group\u2019s total turnover and is supported by a regional network comprising six factories and one distribution warehouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Specifically, Ejea de los Caballeros is home to a feed factory and a state-of-the-art pig slaughterhouse \u2014Vall Companys SA and C\u00e1rnicas Cinco Villas\u2014; Tardienta has a flour factory \u2014Harinas Tardienta\u2014; S\u00e1stago has a poultry hatchery \u2014Pondex\u2014; Mercazaragoza has an intestine casing and offal processing plant \u2014International Casing Products\u2014; and Calamocha has a ham-curing facility and a ham marketing company \u2014Jamcal and Comercial Log\u00edstica Calamocha\u2014. Together, the Group\u2019s operations across these six locations support 2,713 jobs, exceeding the figure recorded in the previous financial year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Further investment to maintain its leading position<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In a highly globalised sector in which Spanish and Aragonese meat production have become international benchmarks, Vall Companys Group invests year after year to maintain its production plants in a leading position. During the 2025 financial year, the Group almost doubled its rate of investment in its facilities in Arag\u00f3n, increasing it from \u20ac8.2 million in the previous year to \u20ac14.6 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Specifically, a total of \u20ac5.2 million was invested in Calamocha, mainly in slicing machinery and other production improvements designed to increase energy efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Resources were also allocated to projects aimed at improving the quality of production processes. For example, in 2025 the company acquired a high-pressure processing machine to maintain its ham exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A total of \u20ac5 million was invested in C\u00e1rnicas Cinco Villas, while \u20ac2.8 million was allocated to the International Casing Products facilities in Mercazaragoza. These investments were intended to improve energy efficiency, competitiveness and production efficiency through the acquisition of new machinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Biovall Heparine Science project is also continuing to progress. This joint initiative with Bioib\u00e9rica focuses on producing heparin from porcine intestinal mucosa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At a global level, the company\u2019s net margin fell to 5.3% of third-party sales, equivalent to a net profit of \u20ac245.4 million. This decline was caused by global instability, as well as by an unexpected end to the year. The declaration of African swine fever (ASF) led to the activation of a contingency plan that affected the company\u2019s 2025 net result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ASF: market closures, devaluation and contingency plan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n African swine fever was declared on 28 November 2025, representing an unprecedented and severe blow to the competitiveness of Spain\u2019s pig sector, both in livestock farming and in the international marketing of meat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The African swine fever outbreak that began in Bellaterra led to the complete closure of certain export markets, including Japan and Mexico, and the partial closure of others, such as China and the Philippines. The latter were initially completely closed and are now subject to regionalisation measures affecting meat and by-product exports. This situation caused the Mercolleida market price to collapse, leaving pig farmers facing production costs far above benchmark prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response, the Group\u2019s management activated a financial contingency plan aimed at mitigating the economic and competitiveness crisis caused by the ASF outbreak and the closure of international markets, in anticipation of a highly complex 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this context, the company has implemented a financial contingency plan to address ASF and its commercial consequences. Initially, a provision of \u20ac61 million was made in accordance with the applicable accounting standard resulting from the devaluation of livestock inventories. The planned dividend was also halved, from \u20ac72 million to \u20ac36 million, while budgeted investment in the Group\u2019s assets for 2026 was reduced from \u20ac190 million to \u20ac85 million, among other measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The emergence of African swine fever represents a serious contingency for the livestock and meat sector, as it devalues pig prices at farm level while fully or partially blocking export markets, some of which are high-value destinations. The situation is further aggravated by the fact that it could continue indefinitely unless wildlife population control measures are introduced to contain the outbreak and eradicate the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n International expansion in Latin America<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Vall Companys Group has always believed that the best way to protect its business and value chain in Spain is through productive diversification across the Iberian Peninsula \u2014with different business lines and circular economy initiatives\u2014 and through an international expansion plan that has been developed since 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To continue diversifying production across different parts of the world, the Group has accelerated its expansion in Latin America by entering two new countries. During 2026, it reached several agreements with Coexca SA in Chile, through its Brazilian subsidiary Master Agroindustrial, and with Grupo Pacuca in Argentina, through a $14 million participating loan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to these countries, since 2016 Vall Companys Group has gradually acquired minority shareholdings in companies in Peru, Colombia, Uruguay and Brazil. Mexico is the exception, as the Group already holds a 75% stake there. All these transactions have focused on creating synergies, contributing know-how and strengthening the livestock and meat value chain. The investment decisions were based on the fact that these markets had a domestic production deficit, making it necessary to encourage local production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Group has strengthened its level of internationalisation. In recent years, exports have enabled many local professionals to develop their careers by specialising in international trade. This international expansion process now represents a growth opportunity for many Vall Companys Group professionals, including veterinarians, agronomists, finance specialists, human resources professionals and engineers, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n