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template message nordzucker ag type aktiengesellschaft industry food processing founded 1997 1997 braunschweig germany headquarters braunschweig germany key people hartwig fuchs ceo hans christian koehler chairman of the supervisory board products sugar liquid sugars sugar specialities animal feed bioethanol carbolime revenue 2 443 million 2012 2013 1 net income 360 million 2012 2013 1 number of employees 3 290 2012 2013 1 website www.nordzucker.com nordzucker ag headquarters in braunschweig germany 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 2012 2013 financial year the company produced 2.8 million tons of sugar from 17.3 million tons of sugar beet which were cultivated on 266 000 hectares . sales added up to eur 2.4 billion and net income came to eur 360 million . 40 % of sales were generated in northern europe 44 % in germany and 16 % in eastern europe . 1 contents 1 history 2 company profile and business segments 2.1 locations 2.1.1 sugar plants 2.1.2 liquid sugar plants 2.1.3 refineries 2.1.4 other locations 2.2 brands 2.3 other business segments and investments 2.4 management 2.5 shareholding structure 3 references 4 external links history edit the nordzucker ag was formed by the merger of the braunschweig based zuckerverbund nord ag zvn and the uelzen based zucker aktiengesellschaft uelzen braunschweig zag in 1997 . between 1999 and 2003 nordzucker expanded to eastern europe and acquired its polish plants che m a and opalenica and its slovakian plant tren ianska tepl . 2 in 2003 the nordstemmen based union zucker s dhannover gmbh was integrated into the group . in march 2009 nordzucker acquired the copenhagen based sugar manufacturer nordic sugar a s formerly known as danisco sugar for eur 730 million . nordic sugar runs sugar plants in denmark sweden finland and lithuania . 3 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 . 2 company profile and business segments edit locations edit the nordzucker plants are primarily located in germany and eastern and northern europe . 1 sugar plants edit clauen germany klein wanzleben germany nordstemmen germany schladen germany uelzen germany opalenica poland che m a poland tren ianska tepl slovakia nakskov denmark nyk bing falster denmark rtofta sweden k dainiai lithuania s kyl finland liquid sugar plants edit gro munzel germany nordstemmen germany refineries edit arl v sweden che m a poland porkkala finland other locations edit headquarters in braunschweig germany nordic sugar head office in copenhagen denmark bioethanol plant klein wanzleben germany in addition to that the company runs sales and distribution locations in riga latvia vilnius lithuania tallinn estonia reykjavik iceland oslo norway dublin ireland and athens greece as well as an office in brussels belgium . brands edit 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 edit 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 000m of bioethanol from sugar beet and sells it to the fuel industry . 4 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 . 5 6 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 edit the executive board consists of the following members 7 hartwig fuchs chief executive officer ceo since 2010 axel aum ller chief operating officer coo since 2009 mats liljestam chief marketing officer cmo since 2009 dr. michael noth chief financial officer cfo since 2009 dr. lars gorissen chief agricultural officer cao since 2014 the supervisory board consists of 21 members including 14 shareholders representatives and 7 representatives of the workforce . hans christian koehler is the chairman of the board . 8 shareholding structure edit main investors of nordzucker ag are the two holding companies nordzucker holding ag 84.1 % and union zucker s dhannover gmbh 10.8 % . 5.1 % of shares are free float . in contrast to its competitor s dzucker ag nordzucker ag is not listed at a stock exchange . 9 references edit a b c d e annual report 2012 2013 pdf . nordzucker ag . retrieved 28 march 2014 . a b 175 years of nordzucker a history of sugar braunschweig 2013 . foodbev article . retrieved 24 april 2014 . chemanager online article . retrieved 20 january 2014 . foodnavigator article . retrieved 24 april 2014 . purecircle press release . retrieved 24 april 2014 . nordzucker website executive board . retrieved 24 april 2014 . nordzucker website supervisory board . retrieved 24 april 2014 . nordzucker website shareholder s structure . retrieved 24 april 2014 . external links edit official website authority control gnd 5297914 3 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nordzucker & oldid 735690457 categories companies based in braunschweigsugar companieshidden categories articles with 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