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From Beet to Sugar Facts and Figures 2014 Table of Contents FROM BEET TO SUGAR FACTS AND FIGURES 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS About AGRANA 02 Production sites 04 Facilities in Austria 06 Facilities in Europe 08 European market presence 09 Sugar beet farming in Austria 10 Beet farming in Austria – facts and fi gures 11 The smallest sugar factory 12 From beet to sugar 13 Stages of sugar production 14 Beet campaign in Austria – facts and fi gures 17 Our commitment to the environment 18 Sugar – facts and fi ction 20 Our brand – Wiener Zucker 22 Key contacts 24 FROM BEET TO SUGAR FACTS AND FIGURES 2014 ABOUT AGRANA 02 AGRANA is an internationally active, apple juice concentrate and the fruit in In the starch segment, AGRANA is Austrian-based industrial player which yoghurts. represented by production facilities in adds value to agricultural commodities Austria, Hungary and Romania. The to produce a wide range of products In the sugar segment, its traditional corn and potato starch factories manu- for the processing industry. With around core business, the Group is active facture customer-oriented specialised 8,800 employees at 54 production sites in Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, products for the processing industry. on fi ve continents, AGRANA maintains Slovakia, Romania and Bosnia-Herze- In the food sector, AGRANA’s starch a truly global presence. Having been govina. AGRANA also markets sugar and products are found in confectionery, founded as a holding company for the starch products in Bulgaria. Through bakery products and baby food, Austrian sugar and starch industry in its country-specifi c sugar brands, such for example. Additionally, AGRANA has 1988, AGRANA has successfully developed as »Wiener Zucker« in Austria and established itself as an international from a solely Austrian to a globally active »Koronás Cukor« in Hungary, AGRANA specialist for organic starch products. company. off ers customers a wide range of sugar and speciality sugar products. This The Group is also active in the commer- AGRANA products are an intrinsic part product range is particularly popular cial area of renewable energy through of everyday life. The product range among consumers due to the consistently the production of bioethanol. This extends from sugar in foodstuff s and high quality levels and the attractive bioethanol is produced in Pischelsdorf, starch in textiles and paper to bioethanol packaging designs. Lower Austria, from starch-rich cereal as an admixture to petrol as well as varieties and corn and ultimately used FRUIT SUGAR STARCH as an admixture to petrol or as the 03 fuel grade SuperEthanol E85. Using a litre of bioethanol saves around 70% in terms of greenhouse gas emissions compared to a litre of petrol. 54 production sites The fruit segment, focussing on fruit 8,778 employees preparations and fruit juice concen- € 3,043.4m revenue trates, plays a major role in the Group’s AGRANA international presence as a result Beteiligungs-AG of its numerous facilities worldwide. Various fruits are carefully processed for use in the dairy, bakery and ice cream industries or supplied to beverage makers as top-quality fruit 10 production sites 5 production sites 39 production sites juice concentrates. 2,399 employees 1,008 employees 5,371 employees € 1,022.8m revenue € 848.5m revenue € 1,172.1m revenue The shareholder structure of AGRANA centres around the strategic link between AGRANA Zucker AGRANA Stärke AGRANA J&F cooperative-based Austrian shareholders GmbH GmbH Holding GmbH and the German group Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt, each of which indirectly holds around 43.1% of the shareholders’ equity. 7.3% of the shares are in free fl oat. AGRANA has been SUGAR STARCH FRUIT listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since 1991. FROM BEET TO SUGAR TO FROM BEET Status: 28 February 2014 PRODUCTION SITES EUROPE 04 Serpuchov Ostrołęka Biała Rawska Góra Kalwaria Białobrzegi Chełm Herk-de-Stad Lipník Tulln Bingen Pischelsdorf Opava Vinnitsa Mitry-Mory Hrušovany Gmünd Anarcs Aschach Sereď Vásárosnamény Konstanz Kröllendorf Hajdúsámson Gleisdorf Szabadegyháza Roman Vaslui Leopoldsdorf Kaposvár Dürnkrut Buzău Valence Brčko Ţăndărei Požega Altιnova (Yalova) EUROPE AMERICA ASIA AFRICA OCEANIA Sugar Starch Fruit AMERICA AFRICA Lysander, NY 05 Laouamra Botkins (Anna), OH Qalyoubia (Cairo) Centerville, TN Fort Worth, TX Jacona, Michoacán Cabreúva, São Paulo Johannesburg Coronda ASIA OCEANIA Dachang Sigatoka, Fiji Chung-Buk Xianyang City Central Mangrove FROM BEET TO SUGAR TO FROM BEET FACILITIES IN AUSTRIA 06 SUGAR FACTORY IN TULLN The sugar factory in Tulln was founded A new silo for crystallised sugar was in 1937. The site in Tulln is nowadays commissioned at the Tulln site in home to the administration depart- October 2011. With a storage capacity DAILY SUGAR BEET PROCESSING ment of AGRANA Zucker GmbH as well of 70,000 tonnes, this is the second 14,000 t as the central sugar facility in which largest sugar storage silo in Europe. 12,000 t all of the products obtainable under the 10,000 t Wiener Zucker brand in Austria are 8,000 t manufactured, packaged and fully auto- 6,000 t matically stored in and shipped from 4,000 t 1968|69 2003|04 2013|14 a high-bay warehouse with a capacity of around 8,000 tonnes of sugar. SUGAR SILO STORAGE CAPACITY 1 silo with 70,000 t 1 silo with 38,000 t 2 silos each with 26,000 t 52,000 t 2 silos each with 11,000 t 22,000 t Total capacity 182,000 t AGRANA Zucker GmbH has manufacturing facilities at two sites in Austria – Tulln and Leopoldsdorf. The charts on pages 06 and 07 provide an overview of the 07 development of production levels at both sites. SUGAR FACTORY IN LEOPOLDSDORF The Leopoldsdorf facility mainly ships The sugar factory in Leopoldsdorf, built sugar in bulk or packaged quantities in 1901|02, was originally intended for (big bags or 50 kg bags) to the food pro- DAILY SUGAR BEET PROCESSING processing raw sugar. It was converted cessing industry. 14.000 t to a white sugar factory in 1925. 12.000 t Low-energy dryers have been installed 10.000 t Besides white sugar, this facility is at the sites in Tulln and Leopoldsdorf 8.000 t also the only producer of yellow sugar and have enabled energy consumption 6.000 t in Austria. This yellow-brownish sugar in the production of animal feedstuff s 4.000 t 1968|69 2003|04 2013|14 is responsible for the distinctive aroma at both to be cut by around 60%. of gingerbread, for example. SUGAR SILO STORAGE CAPACITY 1 silo with 50,000 t 3 silos each with 16,000 t 48,000 t 2 silos each with 11,250 t 22,500 t Storage area for palleted goods 2,000 t Total capacity 122,500 t FROM BEET TO SUGAR TO FROM BEET FACILITIES IN EUROPE 08 Besides the two facilities in Austria, CZECH REPUBLIC The factory in Buzău operates exclusively AGRANA also maintains seven other as a raw sugar refi nery. The products sugar production sites in fi ve Central Moravskoslezské cukrovary a.s., AGRANA’s distributed in the Romanian retail market and Eastern European countries. subsidiary in the Czech Republic, refi nes are sold under the »Mărgăritar Zahăr« AGRANA also operates a packaging and at total of 9,400 tonnes of sugar beet brand. distribution centre in Bulgaria. per day at its facilities in Hrušovany and Opava, sugar which is subsequently dis- The Group is represented here through tributed under the brand name »Korunní BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA a wide range of products under the Cukr«. AGRANA has developed to become premium »Zahira« brand. a key market player in this country. AGRANA opened the raw sugar refi nery STUDEN-AGRANA Rafi nerija Šećera d.o.o. in Brčko in 2008. This is a joint venture HUNGARY SLOVAKIA in which AGRANA and its long-standing distribution partner in the West Balkan At its facility in Kaposvár, the AGRANA During the most recent campaign, region, Studen & Co Holding GmbH, subsidiary Magyar Cukor Zrt. now operates the sugar factory of AGRANA’s Slovakian both hold 50% stakes. This factory has a the only sugar factory in Hungary follow- subsidiary, Slovenské cukrovary, s.r.o., processing capacity of around 650 tonnes ing the restructuring necessitated by in Sered, processed around 4,800 tonnes of raw sugar per day. the EU sugar market reform. The process- of sugar beet per day to make sugar ing capacity amounts to around 7,000 which is sold on the Slovakian market The sugar produced by STUDEN-AGRANA tonnes of sugar beet per day. In order to under the »Korunný Cukor« brand. is marketed throughout the entire supply the defi cit market, the Kaposvár West Balkan region and Slovenia under facility also processed raw sugar to the »AGRAGOLD« brand. make white sugar. Kaposvár is also home ROMANIA to one of the largest biogas plants in Europe, one which was able to cover 71% S.C. AGRANA Romania S.A. operates two of the primary energy requirements sugar factories in Romania which mainly of the sugar factory during the campaign refi ne raw sugar. The raw cane sugar 2013|14. grown in emerging markets such as Brazil and Thailand is shipped to Romania AGRANA is a leading player in the and processed to make white sugar at Hungarian food sector with the »Koronás the AGRANA facilities. In addition to Cukor« brand. refi ning raw sugar, the factory in Roman also processes up to 5,200 tonnes of sugar beet per day. EUROPEAN MARKET PRESENCE 09 Opava Hrušovany Tulln Dürnkrut Sereď Leopoldsdorf Roman Kaposvár Buzău Brčko AGRANA sugar factories INSTANTINA Nahrungsmittel Entwicklungs- und Produktionsgesellschaft m.b.H. FROM BEET TO SUGAR TO FROM BEET SUGAR BEET FARMING IN AUSTRIA 10 Sugar beet farming in Austria enjoys a long tradition: Sugar production began With the aid of a soil investigation This analysis and determining the at a low level in the method developed by AGRANA, it has early 19th century percentage of soil and any leaf or other and has since become a highly specialised been possible to tackle the problem plant material form the basis for the branch of industry.
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