For 35 years Butina has designed, manufactured and installed advanced CO2 (carbon dioxide) stunning systems for pigs.

Handling and stunning of pigs is a very specialised niche requiring in-depth understanding of the nature of CO2-stunning of animals (pigs), combined with a very good understanding of customers' need and production processes. Having been in this market for more than 35 years, Butina is the leading company within CO2-stunning systems.

Butina has 60 employees, and has installed more than 600 systems all over the world. More than 90% of all pigs stunned by CO2 are stunned in a Butina system. The close relationship with leading suppliers and research institutes has further strengthened our dominant market position.

Butina has a wide range of products, including CO2-group stunning systems for capacities less than 100 pigs/hour, full range systems for up to 950 pigs/hour, driveway systems, service products and customised solutions.

The products and solutions are sold to a wide group of customers, including small local slaughterhouses and some of the largest pig processing plants in the world, processing more than 30.000 pigs/day.

In Butina we focus on our customers' need to improve their competitive edge through research, troubleshooting, quality control and regulatory compliance.

One of Butina's major achievements, has been the design and production of a new CO2-group stunning system together with the Danish Meat Research Institute. The Backloader has defined new standards for animal handling and welfare.