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FOODSOLUTIONSSUGAR. STARCH. FRUIT.

█ the leading sugar company in Central and

Eastern Europe,

█ the specialist for tailor-made starch products

as well as an important producer of bioethanol

and isoglucose,

█ the global leader in fruit preparations

for the dairy industry and one of the largest

suppliers of fruit juice concentrates

in Europe.

AGRANA IS …

AGRANA Zucker GmbH

AGRANA Stärke GmbH

AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG

AGRANA J&F Holding GmbH

10 production sites2,399 employees€ 1,022.8m revenue

5 production sites1,008 employees€ 848.5m revenue



S TA R C H F R U I TS U G A R

As of July 2014

FOODSOLUTIONS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Mission statement 05

Global supplier of ingredients 07

Sustainability 09

Organic upgrade 11

AGRANA product portfolio 13

Sugar 15

Starch 17

Fruit preparations 19

Fruit juice concentrates 21

Other applications 22

Contacts 23

As a company with

global operations,

it is important

that AGRANA defi nes

its social, economic

and environmental

responsibilities in its

mission statement.

Group and provides support by means of an

eff ective communications network aimed at

ensuring a regular exchange of information and

the tapping of synergies.

THE ENVIRONMENT Our actions and decisions

are taken with respect for nature and the

environment. Our products are sourced from

natural origins, developed and produced on the

basis of the latest ecologically sensitive processes,

which are low-emission and effi cient, and are

also biodegradable and environmentally friendly.

AGRANA aims to rely on a closed economic

cycle which ensures that the agricultural com-

modities used are recycled to an extent of nearly

100%. The health and safety of the workforce

are a key priority of our operational policies and

procedures.

PRODUCT SAFETY Our strict, certifi ed manu-

facturing standards guarantee the safety of

our products for our customers. We focus on

continually improving the quality and hygiene

standards of the foodstuff s and animal feeds

we make. As a commitment to our customers,

we strive for full traceability of our products

back to their natural sources.

STRATEGY By means of growth, effi ciency and

sustainable business practices, we are constantly

boosting the company’s value added. AGRANA

regards sustainable business practices to be

consistent with commercial, ecological and social

responsibility along the entire value-added chain.

CUSTOMER ORIENTATION We off er products

and services that fully meet the needs and

expectations of our customers. We aim to diff er-

entiate ourselves from competitors by means

of high product quality, outstanding service level,

innovative ideas as well as ecological and social

responsibility which is refl ected in our actions.

We are creative, fl exible, dedicated and always

looking for new markets for our products. Our

innovative power and research and development

work, together with our new products launches

tailored to customer requirements, drive our

leadership in the marketplace.

ORGANISATION Our organisation is based on

earnings-oriented operational subsidiaries in

the Sugar, Starch and Fruit segments. These are

overseen by a holding company which under-

takes the centralised management of the entire

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1 Excerpt from the corporate profi le of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG

MISSIONSTATEMENT 1


was founded in 1988 as

the holding company of the

Austrian sugar and starch

industry and, in 1989,

entered into a strategic

alliance with Germany-based

Südzucker AG Mannheim/

Ochsenfurt, Europe’s largest

sugar company. AGRANA’s

IPO followed in 1991.

MILESTONES IN AGRANA’S

EASTERN EUROPE EXPANSION EFFORTS

1990 Market entry in the Hungarian sugar

industry with the acquisition of a

50% stake in the HUNGRANA maize starch

and isoglucose plant in Szabadegyháza

1991 Acquisition of stakes in two Hungarian

sugar factories in Petőháza and Kaposvár

1994 Market entry in the Czech Republic –

acquisition of a sugar factory in Hrušovany

1996 Expansion of the company’s operations

in Hungary – acquisition of Magyar

Cukor Rt.

1998 Acquisition of stakes in several sugar

factories in Romania and Slovakia;

Acquisition of additional sugar plants

in the Czech Republic

2001 Acquisition of Ţăndărei maize starch

plant in Romania

2007 Launch of a packaging and distribution

joint venture in Bulgaria;

Massive expansion of production

capacities for starch and bioethanol

at HUNGRANA

2008 Start of the raw sugar refi nery in Brčko,

Bosnia-Herzegovina (50% stake)

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2010 Founding of a joint venture for

the production of fruit preparations in

Cairo (Egypt)

2011 Acquisition of 100% stake in Xianyang

Andre Juice Co., Ltd. and the assignment

of 50% to Yongji Andre Juice Co., Ltd.;

Opening of a new plant for fruit prepara-

tions in Johannesburg (South Africa)

2012 Joint venture established with Ybbstaler

Fruit Austria GmbH to jointly produce

and market fruit juice concentrates

2013 Construction of the wheat starch facility

in Pischelsdorf (Austria)

2014 Opening of the fourth US plant for

fruit preparations in Lysander, New York

(USA)

MILESTONES IN

GLOBAL EXPANSION DRIVE

2003 Acquisition of 100% of Vallø Saft A/S

(Denmark);

Stake acquired in Steirerobst AG

2004 Acquisition of the Atys Group (France;

fruit preparations), Dirafrost (Belgium;

frozen fruit products) and the Wink Group

(Germany; fruit juice concentrates)

2005 Acquisition of DSF-Deutsch-Schweiz-

erische Früchteverarbeitung GmbH

in Konstanz (Germany)

2006 Acquisition of a 50% interest in apple

juice concentrate producer Xianyang

Andre Juice Co., Ltd. (China)

2008 Acquisition of a 50% interest in apple

juice concentrate producer Yongji

Andre Juice Co., Ltd. (China)

GLOBALSUPPLIEROF INGREDIENTS

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At AGRANA we …

█ utilise close to 100% of the agricultural

commodities we process and rely on low-

emission technologies in order to protect

the environment;

█ consider the interests of all of our stake-

holders and the societies in which we operate;

█ and maintain long-term partnerships with

suppliers.

These three statements are intended to serve

management and personnel as practical and

easy-to-apply guidelines with which to make their

daily activities sustainable.

Striving for sustainability has always represented

an integral element of AGRANA’s business model

due to its commercial activities, adding value

to agrarian commodities in the Sugar, Starch

and Fruit segments, and as a result of the

associated proximity to agricultural production.

As part of its sustainable management philosophy,

AGRANA has formulated three principles which

summarise its understanding of sustainability and

refl ect its most important aspects.

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SUSTAINABILITY

For AGRANA, sustainability means acting in a

resource-sensitive and socially responsible manner

in all areas of business.

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Sustainable business

practices are an important

issue for AGRANA, the

requirements of which are

ideally served by means

of organic products. All

AGRANA business segments

have certifi ed organic

products in their portfolios.

and is consistent with the underlying principles

of ecologically sound business practices.

AGRANA Fruit Austria and Germany are Euro-

pean market leaders in organic fruit prepara-

tions. Organic fruit yoghurts are among

the most popular organic product categories

in many countries and very often contain fruit

preparations from AGRANA. AGRANA sources

its raw materials almost exclusively from

its own fruit plantations or from farmers with

whom it maintains long-term, partnership-

based business relationships. In Poland and the

Ukraine, AGRANA operates its own processing

plants in which the freshly harvested organic

fruit is sorted, cleaned and deep-frozen as soon

as it is picked.

The organic product line of AUSTRIA JUICE

includes apple and elderberry fruit juice con-

centrates as well as the extraction of organic

fl avourings during the production of apple juice.

Organic beet sugar from AGRANA is available

under a number of country-specifi c brands such

as Wiener Zucker or Koronás Cukor, targeting

the retail and the food processing industries of

six countries. AGRANA off ers organic cane sugar –

also on the basis of Fair Trade – in several sales

markets.

In its Starch segment, AGRANA processes organi-

cally-grown potatoes and corn to make organic

starches and organic starch derivatives. The

AGRANA facilities in Aschach an der Donau and

Gmünd were among the fi rst industrial process-

ing plants in Europe to be certifi ed as organic

processors.

In the interests of ensuring an economic cycle

which is as complete as possible, the refi ning

of organic sugar and organic starches also

entails the manufacture of by-products such as

organic animal feed and fertilisers. This nearly

complete processing of agricultural commodities

allows quantities of waste products to be reduced

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ORGANICUPGRADE

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AGRANA products

can be found in many

applications besides

foodstuff s, including

pharmaceuticals,

cosmetics and

technical products.

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AGRANAPRODUCT PORTFOLIO

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AGRANA’s main markets

in Europe are Austria,

Slovakia, the Czech Republic,

Hungary, Romania,

Bosnia-Herzegovina and

Bulgaria.

primary energy requirements from beet

leaf and slices and is developing plans to further

reduce its dependence on fossil fuels. AGRANA

attaches signifi cant importance to close

cooperations with beet growers and off ers them

extensive advice on growing sugar beet.

AGRANA sells sugar in the abovementioned

markets under country-specifi c retail brands

such as Wiener Zucker in Austria and Koronás

Cukor in Hungary. The AGRANA product

range extends from industrial sugar to organic

sugar beet products and Fair Trade sugar cane

products.

Sugar is an important, natural element

of our nutrition. As the market leader in Austria

and one of the top providers in Eastern and

South-Eastern Europe, AGRANA off ers a wide

range of top quality sugar products.

AGRANA is a technological leader in extracting

sugar from sugar beet. Cutting-edge facilities

ensure extremely high levels of raw material

and energy effi ciency. For example, the Group

operates a molasses desugarization plant on

a chromatographic basis at its Tulln site (Lower

Austria) and the fi rst-ever industrial-scale

biogas plant in Kaposvár (Hungary), which today

already meets over 50% of the facility’s own

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SUGAR

Sweet to the core: The Sugar segment has traditionally been

AGRANA’s core business.

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products. In the area of infant nutrition,

AGRANA has for decades been recognised as a

reliable producer of well known brand products.

AGRANA off ers a comprehensive range

of modifi ed starch products based on rice and

corn for the pharmaceuticals and cosmetics

industries. Technical starch applications

from AGRANA are also used in the manufacture

of food packaging materials, for example.

Customer-specifi c product applications are

AGRANA’s strength.

AGRANA processes mainly corn, waxy corn,

wheat and potatoes from regional agriculture

and therefore makes a signifi cant contribution

to the supply of sustainable products. Close

cooperation with customers and the develop-

ment of tailor-made solutions allow AGRANA

to continuously expand in the Starch segment

in the area of specialties, particularly organic

starch products.

AGRANA’s customers in various sectors of the

food industry rely on top quality native and

modifi ed starches, dried and liquid saccha-

rifi cation products as well as dehydrated potato

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STARCH

The AGRANA Starch segment, the second traditional core business

segment of the Group, specialises in processing and adding value

to GMO-free, soft commodities.

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As the global market

leader in fruit

preparations, AGRANA

Fruit excels as

a reliable partner.

The product portfolio encompasses prepara-

tions with fruit of various sizes, cuts and variet-

ies, but also preparations with “warm fl avours” –

such as chocolate, caramel or coff ee – and with

cereals or chocolate chips, crispy chocolate balls

with fruit pieces, jelly balls or nut pieces.

Savoury products include preparations with

vegetables, herbs, spices, meat or fi sh.

AGRANA Fruit develops customer-specifi c

formulations to exploit market trends and serve

special customer groups such as “health & well-

ness” off erings, so-called “naturalness” concepts

and formulations which are certifi ed as halal

or kosher.

AGRANA Fruit is …

█ the global market leader in the production

of fruit preparations for the dairy industry

and a leading manufacturer for the bakery,

ice cream and food service sectors;

█ and, with its worldwide production facilities

and sales activities, the only truly global

player in the fruit preparation business.

AGRANA Fruit adds value to fruit and a wide

variety of agricultural commodities to create

tailor-made, innovative products. Our fruit pre-

parations can be found in a third of the world’s

yoghurts. Our employees work at the various

production facilities to satisfy customers’

individual requests and requirements. AGRANA

sales teams are active in 70 countries.

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FRUITPREPARATIONS

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AUSTRIA JUICE

is the specialist for

commodity sourcing,

fruit processes and

beverage applications;

off ering professional

solutions and advice.

Working in close cooperation with customers,

AGRANA JUICE develops and produces an

extensive product portfolio for the various

segments of the beverage and food industries.

The key to the success of the AUSTRIA JUICE

Group is a balanced combination of top quality

raw materials, corporate social responsibility,

professional and innovative production

processes as well as outstanding quality control

and logistics.

The AUSTRIA JUICE Group is one of the leading

producers of top quality fruit juice concen-

trates, beverage bases, fruit wines, NFC juices,

natural fl avourings and fruit sweeteners.

This company employs around 900 highly

qualifi ed personnel who are committed to the

creation of system-based beverage solutions –

from the development of the concept to the

manufacture of the fi nished products. Optimal

access to the raw materials as well as its

own fruit processing and production facilities

at 13 sites worldwide make AUSTRIA JUICE

a global leader in taste.

FRUITJUICE CONCENTRATES

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In addition, AGRANA also markets the top

quality, protein-rich animal feed ActiProt®,

a by-product of bioethanol production, which

substitutes imports of protein-rich animal

feeds, particularly soya meal, the GMO-free

status of which can no longer be guaranteed.

STARCHES FOR TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS

Decades of experience and expertise in the

manufacture of technical starches make AGRANA

a reliable partner to numerous industrial

segments such as the

█ paper industry,

█ paper processing industry,

█ textile industry and

█ construction industry.

Native and modifi ed starches are used in a wide

range of applications in these technical fi elds.

ANIMAL FEED

AGRANA produces over 400,000 tonnes of

animal feed every year based on the by-products

of sugar and starch production in what consti-

tutes a sustainable business cycle, and is there-

fore Austria’s largest producer of straight

feeds. AGRANA supplies the Austrian and Euro-

pean animal feed industry and, via dealers, also

farmers, with top quality straight animal feed-

stuff s.

AGRANA’s range of animal feeds extends from

molasses, dried sugar beet pulp and pressed

sugar beet pulp, derived as by-products from

sugar production, to potato protein, corn gluten,

corn gluten feed and starch syrups from

the production of starches; with all products

free of GMOs and many available in organic

varieties.

OTHERAPPLICATIONS

AGRANA Fruit S.A.S.

17, Avenue du 8 Mai 1945, B.P. 504,

F-77290 Mitry-Mory

Phone: +33-1-6467-5600

E-mail: [email protected]

AUSTRIA JUICE Group

Kröllendorf 45, A-3365 Allhartsberg

Phone: +43-7448-2304-0

Fax: +43-7448-2304-312


AGRANA Research & Innovation

Center GmbH

Josef-Reither-Strasse 21–23, A-3430 Tulln

Phone: +43-2272-602-11403


www.agrana-research.com


F.-W.-Raiff eisen-Platz 1, A-1020 Vienna,

Phone: +43-1-211 37-0

Fax: +43-1-211 37-12998


www.agrana.com

AGRANA Zucker GmbH

Josef-Reither-Strasse 21–23, A-3430 Tulln

Phone: +43-2272-602-0

Fax: +43-2272-602-11225


AGRANA Stärke GmbH

Conrathstrasse 7, A-3950 Gmünd

Phone: +43-2852-503-0

Fax: +43-2852-503-19420


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