headquarters veendam the netherlands key people bert jansen ceo ed kraaijenzank cfo products starch starch derivatives protein revenue 521.1 miljoen 2014 2015 number of employees 1 314 2015 website http www.avebe.com coordinates 53 06 24 n 6 52 17 e 53.10675 n 6.87130 e 53.10675 ; 6.87130 the cooperative avebe u.a. abbreviation of aardappelmeel verkoop bureau is an international dutch starch manufacturer located in the north of the netherlands and produces starch products based on potato starch and potato protein for use in food animal feed paper construction textiles and adhesives . about 2500 farmers are member of avebe . the cooperation is divided into six districts two in germany and four in the netherlands . avebe starch factories in the netherlands germany and sweden processes about 3 million tons in potatoes . history edit the history of avebe is strongly connected with the history of the province groningen the many privately owned starch manufacturers in the area and the former starch company ksh royal scholten honig founded by willem albert scholten in 1841 the first dutch multinational . the name avebe is derived from the dutch words aardappelmeel verkoop bureau potato flour sales office avb . the cooperative was founded in 1919 as a cooperative partnership between different potato starch manufacturers located in the province groningen owned by potato farmers to ensure good market prices for their native starch . the farmer cooperatives successfully pushed the privately owned starch companies away from native starch into the production of starch derivatives . in 1948 the cooperation became one company and the name was changed to avebe . in 1956 the first derivatives were produced . in 1978 after bankruptcy of scholten forward integration of the potato starch industry in the groningen was finalized as avebe took over a large part of the scholten company . ksh was the last privately owned potato starch company left over in the netherlands . avebe is now worldwide the largest producer of potato starch and potato starch derivatives . recent developments edit after further expanding in the 1980s and 90s the potato starch business in germany and also expanding to other starch sources as wheat and tapioca avebe farmers cooperative has reorganized its activities since 2006 again around the potato crop . avebe produces since 2005 a gmo free amylopectin waxy potato starch eliane and is investing in a new refining technique to produce native potato protein solanic for food applications . external links edit d. strijker globalization of a potato starch co operative the case of avebe . in p.h. pellenbarg and e. wever eds . international business geography . routledge london and new york 2008 pp. 169 185 . 1 dorien knaap summary of dissertation the w.a. scholtencompany the first dutch industrial multinational university of groningen 2004 2 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title avebe & oldid 742055320 categories food and drink companies of the netherlandscooperatives in the netherlandsstarch companiescompanies established in 19191919 establishments in the netherlandsveendamhidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisfrysknederlands edit links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 11 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view