Nordzucker AG, headquartered in Braunschweig, Germany, is Europe’s second largest

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manufacturer. The production of sugar, liquid sugars and other specialities for the application in the nutrition, beverage and sweets industry as well as other sugar specialities like refined sugar, icing sugar, lump sugar, preserving sugar, tea sugars, organic sugar and flavoured sugars for consumers are the core business of the company. In addition to that, Nordzucker produces animal feed and bioethanol from

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. In the 2020/2021 financial year, the company produced 2.7 million tons of sugar from

and 0.7 million tons of sugar from sugar cane. Sales added up to EUR 1.67 billion and net income came to EUR 66 million.

History

The Nordzucker AG was formed by the merger of the Braunschweig-based Zuckerverbund Nord AG (ZVN) and the Uelzen-based Zucker-Aktiengesellschaft Uelzen-Braunschweig (ZAG) in 1997. Between 1999 and 2003, Nordzucker expanded to Eastern Europe and acquired its Polish plants Chełmża and Opalenica and its Slovakian plant Trenčianska Teplá.175 Years of Nordzucker – A History of Sugar, Braunschweig, 2013. In 2003, the Nordstemmen-based Union-Zucker Südhannover GmbH was integrated into the Group. In March 2009, Nordzucker acquired the Copenhagen-based sugar manufacturer Nordic Sugar A/S (formerly known as Danisco Sugar) for EUR 730 million. Nordic Sugar runs sugar plants in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Lithuania. Nordzucker Group acquired a 70% stake in Mackay Sugar Limited in 2019 (

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

) The roots of the company date back to the year 1838, when the Klein Wanzleben plant, the first plant of the company that is still in service today, was founded. In February 2019, Nordzucker announced the acquisition of 70 percent of the shares in Mackay Sugar Limited (MSL), based in Mackay, Australia's second largest sugar producer. MSL also has a 25 percent interest in Sugar Australia and New Zealand Sugar, a sugar refining joint venture in Australia and New Zealand with Wilmar International.

Company profile and business segments

Locations

The Nordzucker plants are primarily located in Germany and Eastern and Northern Europe as well as Australia.

Sugar plants

*Clauen ( Germany) *

Klein Wanzleben Klein Wanzleben is a village and a former municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since September 1, 2010, it is now part of the town Wanzleben-Börde Wanzleben-Börde is a town in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Ger ...

( Germany) * Nordstemmen ( Germany) * Schladen ( Germany) * Uelzen ( Germany) * Opalenica ( Poland) *

Chełmża Chełmża (german: Kulmsee, earlier ''Culmsee''), is a town in north-central Poland, in the Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is located at around . It is one of the historic centers of Chełmno Land. Geography The town Chełm� ...

( Poland) *

Trenčianska Teplá Trenčianska Teplá ( hu, Hőlak) is a village and municipality in Trenčín District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1155. Geography The municipality lies at ...

( Slovakia) * Nakskov ( Denmark) *

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( Denmark) * Örtofta (

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) * Kėdainiai (

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

) *

Säkylä Säkylä is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Satakunta region, southeast of the city of Pori. The municipality has a population of () and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water (). The population density is ...

( Finland) * Marian (

) * Farleigh (

) *Racecourse (

)

Liquid sugar plants

*Groß Munzel ( Germany) * Nordstemmen ( Germany) * Arlöv (

) *

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( Finland)

Refineries

( Poland) *

( Finland)

Other locations

*Headquarters in Braunschweig ( Germany) *Nordic Sugar head office in Copenhagen ( Denmark) * Bioethanol plant

( Germany) *UAB Nordzucker Business Services in

Kaunas Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...

(

) In addition to that, the company runs sales and distribution locations in

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

(

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

), Vilnius (

), Tallinn ( Estonia), Reykjavik ( Iceland), Oslo ( Norway), Dublin ( Ireland) and Athens ( Greece) as well as an office in Brussels ( Belgium).

Brands

For households, Nordzucker mainly distributes its products under its “SweetFamily” and “Dansukker” brands via food retailers. SweetFamily is distributed in Germany, Poland and Slovakia, whereas Dansukker is distributed in Scandinavia and the Baltic states.

Other business segments and investments

*Besides sugar, Nordzucker produces other products from sugar beet such as animal feed and

molasses Molasses () is a viscous substance resulting from refining sugarcane or sugar beets into sugar. Molasses varies in the amount of sugar, method of extraction and age of the plant. Sugarcane molasses is primarily used to sweeten and flavour foods ...

. In addition to that, the company markets carbolime as a fertilizer, which is a byproduct of sugar production. *At the Klein Wanzleben location, Nordzucker annually produces app. 130,000m³ of bioethanol from sugar beet and sells it to the fuel industry. *Together with the Malaysian company PureCircle, Nordzucker runs the joint venture NP Sweet. The company is located in Copenhagen and develops and markets products on the basis of the natural sweetener

stevia Stevia () is a natural sweetener and sugar substitute derived from the leaves of the plant species ''Stevia rebaudiana'', native to Paraguay and Brazil. The active compounds are steviol glycosides (mainly stevioside and rebaudioside), which h ...

. *Nordzucker has a 35.4% stake in the Czech sugar production company Tereos TTD a.s. The company is located in Dobrovice and runs two sugar plants.

Management

The Executive Board consists of the following members: *Dr Lars Gorissen (Chief Executive Officer (CEO)), since 2018, Chief Agricultural Officer from 2014-2018 *Axel Aumüller (Chief Operating Officer (COO)), since 2009 *Alexander Bott (Chief Financial Officer (CFO)), since 2018 The Supervisory Board consists of 15 members, including 10 shareholders’ representatives and 5 representatives of the workforce. Jochen Johannes Juister is the chairman of the board.

Shareholding structure

The major investors of Nordzucker AG are the two holding companies Nordzucker Holding AG (83.8%) and Union-Zucker Südhannover GmbH (11.1%). Another 5.1% of shares are free-float. In contrast to its competitor

Südzucker AG Südzucker AG (, literally ''South sugar'') is a German company, the largest sugar producer in the world, with an annual production of around 4.8 million tonnes. In February 2014, the Federal Cartel Office imposed a joint fine of 280 million eu ...

, Nordzucker AG is not listed at a stock exchange.Nordzucker website - Shareholder structure.
Retrieved 11 September 2018.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Sugar companies Sugar industry in Germany Food and drink companies of Germany Agriculture companies of Germany Companies based in Braunschweig Food and drink companies established in 1997 1997 establishments in Germany