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 CorporateHistory175 years of tradition1837 Formation of the first sugar company at Waghäusel 1951 Formation of Zuckerfabrik Franken GmbH 1956 bis 1971 Rain, Plattling, Offenau (new factories built by Süddeutsche Zucker AG); Zeil (new plant constructed by Zuckerfabrik Franken GmbH) 1988 Second merger: Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt Merger of the Süddeutsche Zucker-AG with Zuckerfabrik Franken GmbH 1989 Investment in Raffinerie Tirlemontoise S.A., Brussels 1991 Formation of Südzucker GmbH, Zeitz 1995 Formation of Schöller Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Nuremberg 1996 Acquisition of majority interest in Freiberger, Berlin Beginning investments in Poland 1998 Acquisition of outstanding minority interests in Freiberger Beginning investments in Moldova 2000 Special products (Palatinit, Orafti, Starch) with revenues over EUR 0.5 billion 2001 Südzucker celebrates 75 years Acquisition of Saint Louis Sucre S.A., Paris Sale of Schöller Holding 2003 Acquisition of 14 Silesian sugar factories Acquisition of Stateside Group (chilled pizza) Beginning investment in fruit additives/fruit juice concentrates division by AGRANA 2004 Start of construction of the bioethanol plant in Zeitz 2006 BENEO-Orafti factory in Chile comes on stream IPO for the Südzucker subsidiary CropEnergies (bioethanol) European-wide expansion of the bioethanol division First joint venture with a leading apple-juice concentrate producer in China 2007 Production start for the fruit preparations factory in Brazil BENEO Group founded: Orafti, Palatinit and Remy functional food activities merged 2008 Plant in Zeitz expands production capacity of bioethanol to 360,000 m³ per year Südzucker partners with Mauritius (400.000 tonnes of sugar) Bioethanol plant in Wanze/Belgium with an annual capacity of 300,000 m³ starts production Bioethanol plant in Pischelsdorf/Austria with an annual capacity of 240,000 m³ starts production 2009 Freiberger takes over the pizza production site in Osterweddingen 2010 Joint venture to built a food-grade CO2 production plant 2010 Start of white sugar deliveries from Mauritius 2010 New pizza factory starts up in Westhoughton, Great Britain 2010 CO2 production facility starts up in Zeitz, Germany 2012 Investment in ED&F Man, a Britisch commodities trading company 2012 Joint venture YBBSTALER AGRANA JUICE GmbH founded |