News

A lot of things happen, not only within our company walls, but also outside. We therefore advise you to have a regular check of these pages if you want to be kept up-to-date with us.

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Is there any news or things that are "good to know" you would like to see published on our pages, simply send them through (info [at] abatan [dot] be), if possible accompanied by a striking snapshot or a nice illustration to go with the article. Articles should contain real (preferably positive) news value and concern our city region. No politics on our website, but we will be glad to support cultural, socio -cultural and other initiatives in our immediate vicinity.

Abatan honoured guest at “Terre Urbaine”

Our slaughterhouses are known to be the only ones to be located in a densely populated city centre. At the Télé Bruxelles TV studio, this phenomenon was considered remarkable enough to come and pay us a visit.

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A fine conversation with ...

At the end of the press conference during which Abatan revealed its “Global development vision” (Abatan 2020 Project), we had the chance to interview one of the driving forces behind this project, i.e. architect and engineer Jo Huygh.

Along with the project’s evolution, it is our intention to go and see him on a regular basis so to stay informed about what is going on at the building site. So, if you want to be kept informed, just stay tuned!

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Seven hundred horses under our registered market hall roof

There is no place in Brussels where one can or is allowed to let seven hundred horses accelerate from nought to one one hundred in less than three seconds, unless this happens on private property

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Easter lamb for the Royal family

It has become a tradition every Easter again to bring an Easter lamb to the King and the Queen to celebrate the Easter festival. The traders association is very keen on keeping this tradition alive and by doing so wants to keep the Cureghem quarter under constant focus. The Easter lamb symbol is a perfect way for reaching this goal.

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Brussels "at work": the vet.

There are not that many slaughterhouses left in Belgium. Ours probably is the best known, although we are not the biggest one.

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