type limited industry food founded 1986 headquarters windhoek namibia key people vekuii rukoro 1 clara bohitile products beef number of employees 1 200 2009 website www.meatco.com.na meat corporation of namibia locally known as meatco is a meat processing company headquartered in windhoek the capital of namibia . it is the largest exporter of prime beef in namibia . 2 contents 1 ownership 2 production and sales 3 sponsorship 4 references 5 external links ownership edit according to the namibian 3 the government announced in june that the ownership of meatco will be vested in a cooperative with a majority shareholding of 70 percent and the government will own the remaining 30 percent . production and sales edit meatco mainly produces frozen vacuum packed beef cuts for export . in addition ready to eat meat and corned beef produced . all organic products come from free range namibian cattle . meatco s biggest clients currently are south africa the united kingdom and norway although it has penetrated various other european and non european markets including germany switzerland italy czechoslovakia china and dubai . the company has facilities in windhoek okapuka johannesburg london oshakati katima mulilo otjiwarongo grootfontein okahandja among others . its abattoirs are haccp 4 and iso 9001 accredited and have south african export status . 5 sponsorship edit meatco has various 6 programs in place to build relationships with its producers and to promote the sustainability of cattle production in namibia . education and support programmes are in place to aid communal producers in commercial cattle production especially relevant in the northern communal areas 7 where it is estimated that if the commercial livestock potential of the area were unlocked it would result in a significant economic boost for the region and to namibia as a whole . references edit http www.namibian.com.na index.php id 28 & tx ttnews % 5btt news % 5d 27223 & no cache 1 http www.meatco.com.na news meatco chosen as leading meat processor and abattoir in namibia the namibian http www.nammic.com.na meat.php http allafrica.com stories 201210300963.html http www.newera.com.na articles 43997 stampriet wins 2012 meatco braai competition archived february 15 2015 at the wayback machine . http www.confidente.com.na 2012 05 16 meatco foundation hands over first project in kavango region . retrieved october 31 2012 . missing or empty title help dead link external links edit meatco official website meatco corporate movie https www.youtube.com watch v 9dwravhflgy & feature results video retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title meat corporation of namibia & oldid 742048606 categories companies based in windhoekcompanies established in 1986food manufacturers of namibiameat industry1986 establishments in south west africafood and drink companies established in 1986hidden categories articles with wayback machine linkspages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlsall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from june 2016pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 10 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view