One pig, two pigs, three pigs ... Danish Crown’s slaughterhouse in Horsens opened four years ago and has since gradually expanded capacity. Both in step with the running- in of the slaughterhouse and the individual lines and with the granting of the necessary environmental approvals. At the moment, 93,000 pigs are slaughtered each week, and in June 2009 pig number 15 million was slaughtered.