Founded and grown as an Austrian family business, Delacon has been the pioneer and global leader in phytogenic feed additives for more than 27 years. The world’s most trusted provider of phytogenic solutions for livestock production, Delacon, offers a product portfolio that caters for swine, poultry and ruminants.

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ounded and grown as an Austrian family business, Delacon has been the pioneer and global leader in phytogenic feed
additives for more than 27 years. The world’s most trusted provider of phytogenic solutions for livestock production,
Delacon, offers a product portfolio that caters for swine, poultry and ruminants.
The vision of company founder Helmut Dedl to replace antibiotic growth promoters by phytogenic feed additives and
thus to ensure sustainable, profitable life production and food safety, still applies to current CEO Markus Dedl as a guideline of
corporate strategy.
The company’s headquarters and modern production facility is based in Steyregg, Austria. From there, Delacon’s products are
exported to more than 50 countries worldwide. Delacon has a global team of 120 employees at 16 offices and cooperates with 50
distribution partners around the world. The team continues to grow from strength to strength with recent appointments in North
America and the growth of the team in Austria.
Since the inception of the company in 1988, Delacon have exemplified a key commitment to their core values of sustainability,
innovation and excellence. This has also been officially confirmed by the European Food Safety Authority who awarded the
company the highest classification, the gold standard, in feed additive registration: the EU registration as zootechnical feed
additive.
In addition to that, Delacon’s success has been recognised by various institutions - with the STEP award (2013), the Pegasus
Gold trophy for export success (2012), the “Austria’s Leading Companies” award (2012), the Austrian Export award (2009) to
name the most recent.
Delacon: Trust in the power of nature
Commitment to Sustainability
On March 21, 2015, the International Day of Forests took
place. This day was initiated to provide a platform to raise
awareness of the importance of all types of forests and
solitary trees. To mark the occasion, Delacon staff members
Martin Brötel and Susanne Reisinger visited the Baan Lankha
Community Forest in Thailand, where the company joined
the ‘Plant A Tree Today’ Foundation (PATT) and planted over
500 native trees in 2014.
“With our tree planting activity, we would like to make a
visible sign that environmental action and climate change is
in the hands of everyone. It is everybody’s own responsibility
to take a share in making this world a better place, and this
activity is a reminder to think about this topic every day”,
explains Delacon’s CEO Markus Dedl. All trees that were
planted on that day are native, partly indigenous and thus,
highly beneficial to the local community who takes care of
the maintenance on-site.
So far, the survival rate of the plots planted in 2014 is more
than 90 percent and the community replanted trees to replace
the ones that did not survive from the previous dry season.
Delacon raise awareness of the importance of forests and trees
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2. About the Ratchaburi project
The central aim of the Ratchaburi project of
the PATT Foundation is to reforest unproductive
land or areas that have suffered illegal logging
or deforestation within the Ratchaburi province.
Furthermore, it is essential that local communities
maintain a connection with the forest and see a benefit
in preserving such a resource for future generations.
A successful way of achieving both, habitat
restoration and improving community connection and
management of forests, is through the establishment
of community forests such as the Baan Lankha
Community Forest. Delacon’s CEO Markus Dedl
states:
“What we like about this project of the PATT
Foundation, is that it not only creates awareness
for better environmental practices and takes action
against climate change by implementing tree planting
projects, but also educates and supports the social
community in the areas where they work.”
The Delacon-PATT Tree planting project site is
located in Yanghak Sub-district, Pak-Tor District,
Ratchaburi Province.
“ We trust in the power of nature and its processes.
Continuously studying and releasing nature’s
massive potential is what makes us the global
leader in phytogenic feed additives”
Trees with orange rope at the site have been
ordained by monks. The trees are protected
and safe from poachers and logging
explained Sudrat (Sue) Sangkum of PATT
Martin Brötel from Delacon
inspecting the site with locals
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