What Dat-Schaub does

DAT-Schaub is a Danish manufacturer and global supplier of natural and artificial casings for the meat processing industry, founded in 1893 in Esbjerg, Denmark. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Danish Crown Group, one of Europe's largest pork producers. DAT-Schaub operates 20 production and sales companies across 18 countries on four continents, employing more than 3,000 people, and reports annual revenue of 705 mEUR (fiscal year 2023/24). It is the largest natural casing products company worldwide and holds the #1 hog casing producer position in North America through its DCW Casing LLC subsidiary (Mount Vernon, NY).

The company's core products include natural hog casings (2,000 distinct items produced monthly), sheep casings, and artificial casings (collagen and cellulose) distributed under partnership with Viscofan via its Watosa subsidiary. Complementary products in its portfolio include netting, strings, and shrink bags (distributed through partnership with Amivac). DAT-Schaub holds BRC Grade A food safety certification and Halal certification, enabling supply to major retailers and Muslim-majority markets. Its proprietary cleaning equipment and whisker removal processes represent specialized technical know-how developed over more than a century of operation.

DAT-Schaub operates a B2B distribution model, selling casings and ancillary products to meat processors, sausage manufacturers, and food service distributors across the value chain. Its customer base spans 'several thousand' accounts, ranging from major industrial distributors to local sausage makers in regional markets. The company monetizes through direct sales of processed natural casings (sourced from slaughterhouses globally and refined in-house), distribution of artificial casings under partner brands, and complementary consumables. Vertical integration with its Danish Crown parent provides raw material supply stability, while global scale across 18 countries generates procurement and logistics advantages in what is otherwise a fragmented industry.

Name

Dat-Schaub

Legal name

DAT-Schaub A/S

Website

https://dat-schaub.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1893

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

DAT-Schaub is a Danish global manufacturer and supplier of natural and artificial casings for the meat processing industry, operating 20 production and sales companies across 18 countries and serving several thousand sausage manufacturers and distributors worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sausage Casings Manufacturing

NAICS

Meat Processed from Carcasses (311612), Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers (424470)

SIC

Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products (2013), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Edible Casings Processing (Natural Hog/Sheep/Beef Casings) (AFANAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

By-Product & Offal Processing (Edibles: Variety Meats) (AFANABAJ)

Keywords

• Natural sausage casings
• Artificial sausage casings
• Meat processing supplies
• Hog casings supplier
• Collagen casings manufacturer

Headquarters

HQ city

Copenhagen

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices31 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Natural Casing Sales: Sale of hand-processed natural casings including hog casings, sheep casings, and beef casings in various sizes, qualities, colors and lengths. Products can be tubed, pre-flushed, or net packed.
2. Artificial Casing Sales: Sale of artificial casings including cellulose casings, fibrous casings, collagen casings (edible and non-edible), plastic casings, barrier casings, and shrink bags. Available in various calibers, colors, and configurations.
3. Specialty Products: Sale of specialty products including Genoa Sacs, Sow Bungs, Netting, Hog Middles, Hog Middle Caps, Sow Ends, Laminated Hog casings, Laminated Hog Bladders, and Sow Casings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

DAT-Schaub manufactures and supplies natural casings (hog, sheep, and beef) and artificial casings (cellulose, fibrous, collagen, plastic, barrier, and shrink bags) for the meat processing and sausage manufacturing industry. The company offers approximately 2,000 different hog casing items monthly with extensive caliber ranges (13mm to 185mm) and processes including tubing, pre-flushing, net packing, and dyeing. Operating through 20 sales companies in 18 countries under the Danish Crown Group, DAT-Schaub sells primarily to B2B meat processors, sausage manufacturers, and distributors worldwide.

Product overview

Dat-Schaub (operated as DCW Casing LLC in North America) is a manufacturer and supplier of natural and artificial casings for the meat processing industry. The product portfolio consists of three main categories: Natural Casings (Hog, Sheep, and Beef casings), Artificial Casings (Cellulose, Fibrous, Collagen, Plastic including Barrier Casings and Shrink Bags under the Amivac brand), and Other Specialty Products. The company offers approximately 2,000 hog casing items and provides processing options including tubing, pre-flushed, net packed, and dyed casings. DAT-Schaub Group operates as part of the Danish Crown Group with 20+ sales companies in 18 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Selo Verpakking: Packaging solutions subsidiary operating in Belgium and Netherlands
• BRC Tripas
• Insuban
• Oriental Sino Limited

Products and services

• Hog Casings Natural pork casings used for sausages, smoked sausages, white pudding, black pudding, and chorizo. DCW is the largest purchaser of North American hog casings raw material worldwide, offering 2,000 different items monthly with various processing options including tubing, pre-flushing, net packing, and dyed casings.
• Sheep Casings Natural sheep and lamb casings sourced from North America, Australia, and New Zealand, used for traditional sausages including Wieners, Frankfurters, Bratwurst, and Bockwurst. Available in various sizes and Halal-certified options.
• Beef Casings Natural beef casings available in three types: Beef rounds (for Ring Bologna, Ring liver sausage), Beef middles (for Bologna, Dry Salami), and Beef caps (for Capocolla, Large Bologna). Used for traditional and premium sausage products.
• Cellulose Casings High-elasticity artificial casings with consistent caliber, permeable to flavors and smoke, with excellent peelability for industrial meat processing. Distributed as representative for Viscofan, combining high elasticity with extremely consistent calibre, excellent peelability, and permeability to flavours and smoke during smoking processes.
• Fibrous Casings Fiber-reinforced paper and cellulose casings providing natural look, uniform caliber, and excellent peelability for cured meat products and dried sausages.
• Collagen Casings Available in edible and non-edible forms for fresh sausage to dried products. Includes fresh, smoked, dried, colored, traditional, ring, and collagen film/foil sleeves.
• Plastic Casings Cost-efficient casings bringing various shapes and durability to meat products. Includes barrier casings with EVOH layer for extended shelf life.
• Barrier Casings Five and seven-layer material casings with EVOH layer providing extended shelf life, thermal stability, fat resistance, and up to 5-color custom printing.
• Shrink Bags (Amivac) Shelf-life focused packaging including Amivac MB-9 (bone-in bag, up to 45% shrink) and Amivac S (non-bone bag, up to 55% shrink) for high transparency product forming.
• Other Specialty Products Including Genoa Sacs, Sow Bungs, Netting, Hog Middles, Hog Middle Caps, Sow Ends, Laminated Hog casings, Laminated Hog Bladders, and Sow Casings for niche and traditional products.

Quantifiable outcome

• Produces 2,000 different hog casing items monthly to fit various customer needs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ViscofancoreTechnology or IntegrationViscofan is represented as one of the world's leading producers of artificial casings. DAT-Schaub serves as distributor/representative for Viscofan cellulose casings, which combine high elasticity with extremely consistent calibre, excellent peelability, and permeability to flavours and smoke during smoking processes.
• AmivaccoreTechnology or IntegrationDAT-Schaub offers Amivac shrink bags including MB-9 (Bone-In Bag) for bone-in meat production with puncture resistance, and Amivac S (Non-Bone Bag) for ultra-high transparency retail items.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Kalle Group: German family-owned manufacturer of fibrous and cellulose casings as well as value-added casings for processed meats. Comparable product portfolio and customer base in industrial meat processing across Europe and globally.
• Viscofan: Spanish-listed global leader in casings (natural and artificial) and the world's largest casing manufacturer by revenue. Direct overlap across cellulose, collagen, fibrous, and plastic casing categories; notably also a distribution partner of DAT-Schaub, highlighting the dual competitor/partner dynamic.
• Devro: Scottish-origin specialist in collagen casings for the global sausage industry, now part of the SCB Group after a 2022 take-private. Closest direct peer in collagen and artificial casing categories, serving similar industrial meat processors with comparable quality-grade product.
• Nitta Casings: Japan-based subsidiary of Nitta Gelatin Inc., producing natural and artificial casings primarily for the Asian market. Comparable in natural hog/sheep casing processing and serves as APAC counterpart for DAT-Schaub's Shanghai and Hong Kong operations.
• LEM Products: US-based supplier of sausage-making supplies including natural and artificial casings, seasonings, and equipment, focused on small/medium processors and home sausage makers. Comparable in product line but addresses the SMB and craft segment that DAT-Schaub also serves.

Others

• Handtmann: German family-owned manufacturer of sausage filling and portioning equipment, as well as coextrusion and casings-handling technology. Not a casing manufacturer but a tightly complementary equipment supplier to the same meat-processing customers, often specified together in sausage line design.

Broad incumbents

• Marel: Iceland-listed global leader in food processing equipment with a broad meat portfolio (formerly including Townsend and Tipper Tie). Not a casing manufacturer but a broad incumbent whose equipment decisions shape casing specifications consumed by meat processors, making it a strategically adjacent comparator for the broader meat-processing value chain.
• PROVISUR Technologies (JBT): Formerly standalone and now part of JBT Corporation, PROVISUR supplies industrial meat processing equipment including forming, slicing, and coating lines. While not a casing producer, it serves the same industrial meat-processing customers and is shaped by the same end-market dynamics as DAT-Schaub.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries21 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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