About us
Activities
The main activity of the company Pelicon d.o.o. is the purchase and sale of cows, bulls, and heifers for slaughter. Most of them are sent to nearby Italy and Austria, where we have developed excellent and solid business partnerships over the years. In addition to cooperating with companies from EU countries, we also export to Lebanon via Luka Koper. We also perform the slaughter of cows and bulls in Slovenia; in this way, we have restored greater trust among Slovenian breeders. Each year, the company dispatches more than 9,000 head of livestock for slaughter, which represents over 6,500 tons.
The second part covers the operation with calves for growth. The company Pelicon d.o.o. offers the supply of quality and healthy livestock for further breeding at competitive market prices. We primarily supply calves and bulls for fattening from Latvia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, and France. In recent years, we have also started purchasing Slovenian calves.
The third part of the operations of Pelicon d.o.o. includes the export and import of fresh and frozen meat. The largest share comprises beef and veal. The company also trades in pork to a lesser extent. It operates mainly in Italy, Austria, Slovenia, North Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The company ships more than 2,500 tons of fresh and frozen meat annually.
Own livestock feeding
In 2011, Pelicon d.o.o. expanded its operations with housing its livestock for further breeding - fattening. Thus, we have on average more than 1000 calves and heifers of Charolais and Limousin breeds under breeding.
Commodity reserves
In 2019, the company signed a contract with the RS Institute for Commodity Reserves, thereby assuming the obligation of long-term maintenance and renewal of the stock of the contractual quantity of young fattened cattle indefinitely.
History
The butchery tradition of the Pelicon family dates back to the beginning of the 20th century when Jožef "Pepo" Pelicon opened the first butcher shop in Šempas.
After the First World War, the tradition was continued by his sons until nationalization in 1955.
In 1998, Evgen Pelicon founded the current company Pelicon d.o.o. It grew from a local butcher shop into a successful international trade company for livestock and wholesale meat.
Today, Pelicon is an important player on the European market, maintaining a century-old tradition of quality.
1913
1913
Jožef Pelicon opened the first butcher shop and slaughterhouse in Šempas

1922
1922
Opening a butcher shop in Gorizia (Italy) and the restoration of the war-destroyed homestead, butcher shop, and slaughterhouse, which operated until the nationalization in 1945

1991
1991
Opening of a plant including a meat-cutting store, cold store, and freezer. Opening of a butcher shop in Ozeljan.
1993
1993
Start of wholesale meat trade and the import of calves for fattening from Eastern European countries

1997
1997
Opening of a butcher shop in the center of Nova Gorica

1998
1998
June 9, 1998 - Establishment of PELICON d.o.o.

2000
2000
Change of business activity to wholesale trade of livestock and meat
2002
2002
Start of livestock purchase for export to Italy and Bosnia and Herzegovina


2011
2011
Expansion of business to include own livestock stabling for further rearing and fattening


2013
2013
First livestock export via Port of Koper to Lebanon

2017
2017
Opening of the ASSEMBLY CENTER near Ljubljana

2025
2025
Rebranding of the company Pelicon