Sucra

Sucra was a defunct Norwegian holding company that was created in 2001 to own the

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producer and importer

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after it had been

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. Sucra's main owners were

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and Ekjord. Sucra bought 66% of Arcus in 2001 and the rest of the company in 2003. In 2005 Sucra and Arcus were sold to the

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investment company Ratos. Holding companies of Norway Companies based in Oslo Holding companies established in 2001 Holding companies disestablished in 2005 2001 establishments in Norway 2005 disestablishments in Norway {{norway-company-stub