Big Dutchman group

About our family business

Big Dutchman has been designing and implementing feeding systems and housing equipment for modern pig and poultry production since 1938 – and recently added insect farming and greenhouse construction to the product range. We offer practical, economical and environmentally friendly solutions all geared to future needs.

Career

Big Dutchman – your employer

In more than 100 countries and across five continents, Big Dutchman is a trademark for lasting quality, reliable service and unsurpassed know-how. Thanks to the tireless dedication of 3,400 employees worldwide, we are considered the world market leader. Big Dutchman offers intriguing tasks and demanding challenges in trend-setting projects for experts, graduates, trainees and interns alike.

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Management

Setting a good example

As a family business, Big Dutchman is committed to thinking about and taking action for future generations. For decades, the names Josef and Bernd Meerpohl stood for this claim, because entrepreneurship always meant more to them than simply economic growth. The experienced management team now continues this positive corporate culture.

Facts and figures

Big Dutchman in figures

  • More than 0 years experience
  • More than 0 employees worldwide
  • More than 0 offices and locations
  • More than 0 agencies in 80 countries
  • More than 0 billion euros turnover in 2022
  • More than 0 patents

History

How a clever idea shaped a world market leader

Jack and Dick DeWitt revolutionised poultry management when they launched the first automatic poultry feeder in 1938. Twenty years later, they hired a farmer from Calveslage named Josef Meerpohl as an agent for Northern Germany – a good decision, as it turned out over the next decades.

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