The south sugars AG with seat in Mannheim and ox ford is the largest sugar producer in Europe and one of the largest food companies of Germany.

It busily European-wide approx. 17,500 coworkers and is noted in the MDAX. In the financial year 2004/2005 the enterprise gains a profit of 358 millions "€ with a conversion of 4.827 millions "€. As dividend 96 millions were paid "€. The cash flow amounted to 550 millions "€.Die south sugars AG is arranged into the two enterprise segments sugars and specialities.

Owner structure

The south sugars AG is to 56% in the possession of the South German sugar beet agricultural cooperative e. G., Stuttgart, in which 30,000 of the region are united. The ZSG Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam/the Netherlands is involved with 10%, the remainder is in strewing possession.

Management

When speaker of the executive committee functions Dr. Theo Spettmann from Ludwigshafen, chairman of the supervisory board is Dr. Hans Gebhard from Eppingen, which is simultaneous still a chairman of the federation of South German registered association. The purchases of the executive committee and the supervisory board together amounted 2004 to 6,2 millions "€.

History

The south sugars AG the 1926 go out of a union of different regional sugar factories came out on South German-twitch-rise up back, (among other things sugar factory Frankenthal AG, Frankenthal; Society of Baden for sugar production, Mannheim; Sugar factory Stuttgart AG, Stuttgart bath CAN place). Official predecessor South German-twitch-rise up is the sugar factory Frankenthal AG.Im the Second World War the entire production capacities were almost destroyed, besides the enterprise lost after end of the war the locations which were on the crew area of the Soviet Union by Enteignung.In the 1950er years of the last century became remaining the works fast again up and ausgebaut.1988 came it to the fusion with the sugar factory Franconia GmbH from ox ford and renaming enterprise in south sugar AG with seat in Mannheim and ox ford. The again-developed enterprise expanded briskly, mainly by acquisitions in completely Europe:

• 1989 refinery Tirlemontoise S.A., Brussels/Belgium
• 1989 Agrana participation AG, Vienna/Austria (43.2% of the capital stock and 50% of the being correct right acquisition in the course of the assumption of the Raff. Tirlemontoise S.A.)
• 1990 acquisition of the East German sugar factories of the trust establishment
• 1995 getting thing (2002 resold to the Swiss S.A.)
• 1998 Freiberger food GmbH & CO. Kg, Berlin (producer of Fertigpizzen and Pasta)
• 2001 Saint Louis Sucre S.A. Paris/France (second largest sugar producer of France)

In addition the south sugars AG acquired numerous sugar factories in Eastern Europe, in particular in Poland, into the 1990er years and ascended in such a way to the sugar producer in Europe, largest with distance. In the year 2004 3.8 million tons sugars were produced (corresponds to a portion to the EU-25-Zuckerproduktion of 21,8%).

Subsidiary company and participation

The enterprise possesses following subsidiary companies and participation

• within the range sugar
  • Palatinit GmbH, Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg
  • South sugar bio ethanol GmbH, Zeitz, Saxonia-Anhalt
  • AIH agrarian agrarianget thingagrarian getting thing GmbH, Mannheim (50%)
  • BGD soil health service GmbH, Mannheim
  • Reko ground connection selling GmbH, Regensburg, Bavaria
  • Refinery Tirlemontoise S.A., Brussels, Belgium
  • Saint Louis Sucre S.A., Paris, France (85%)
  • Agrana participation AG, Vienna (44.9% of the being correct rights and 50% of the capital stock)
  • Slaska Cukrowa S.A., Warsaw, Poland
• within the range specialities:
  • Freiberger food GmbH & CO kg, Berlin
  • PrimAS of cold treatment products GmbH, Oberhofen in the Inn valley, Tirol
  • Stateside Foods Ltd., Westhoughton, Great Britain

Related links

• Homepage of the south sugars AG

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