South African ostrich operations merge
Two of the biggest names in the South African ostrich industry have merged to create a new, combined meat and skins operation.
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“It made sense to merge the two companies, as the new company will be able to offer a better service to our clients and farmer producers,” commented Mr. Hennie Roets, managing director of Camexo. “Although Exotan had a stake in Camdeboo, our clients had to deal with two different companies for the meat and skins”.
Though well known for its output of ostrich meat, the processing business is also one of
The Camexo executive management team is as follows:
Hennie Roets, managing director; Jerome Ingenhoes, director leather marketing
Piet Neethling, director meat marketing and manager; David Boast, technical director, leather; Hannes Jacobs, financial director. The merger is also seen as reducing costs as the administrative functions of the meat and leather sides of the business have also been combined.
