Nordzucker


Nordzucker AG, headquartered in Braunschweig, Germany, is Europe’s second largest sugar 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, and flavoured sugars for consumers are the core business of the company. In addition to that, Nordzucker produces animal feed and bioethanol from sugar beet.
In the 2017/2018 financial year, the company produced 2.7 million tons of sugar from 17 million tons of sugar beet which were cultivated on 239,000 hectares. Sales added up to EUR 1.65 billion and net income came to EUR 118 million.Annual Report 2017/2018"/>

History

The Nordzucker AG was formed by the merger of the Braunschweig-based Zuckerverbund Nord AG and the Uelzen-based Zucker-Aktiengesellschaft Uelzen-Braunschweig 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.
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 for EUR 730 million. Nordic Sugar runs sugar plants in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Lithuania.
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.

Company profile and business segments

Locations

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

Sugar plants

  • Clauen
  • Klein Wanzleben
  • Nordstemmen
  • Schladen
  • Uelzen
  • Opalenica
  • Chełmża
  • Trenčianska Teplá
  • Nakskov
  • Nykøbing Falster
  • Örtofta
  • Kėdainiai
  • Säkylä

    Liquid sugar plants

  • Groß Munzel
  • Nordstemmen
  • Arlöv
  • Porkkala

    Refineries

  • Arlöv
  • Chełmża
  • Porkkala

    Other locations

  • Headquarters in Braunschweig
  • Nordic Sugar head office in Copenhagen
  • Bioethanol plant Klein Wanzleben
In addition to that, the company runs sales and distribution locations in Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn, Reykjavik, Oslo, Dublin and Athens as well as an office in Brussels.

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. 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.
  • 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, since 2018, Chief Agricultural Officer from 2014-2018
  • Axel Aumüller, since 2009
  • Erik Bertelsen, since 2017
  • Alexander Bott, 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 and Union-Zucker Südhannover GmbH. Another 5.1% of shares are free-float. In contrast to its competitor Südzucker AG, Nordzucker AG is not listed at a stock exchange.