Nordzucker is well prepared for the 2024/2025 campaign

Inauguration of modern production enhancement

23-Aug-2024

Nordzucker will start the 2024/2025 campaign at its European factories at the end of August. The company expects an overall above-average sugar beet harvest in its beet cultivating countries. The processing period is expected to last until at least the end of January 2025. The new, state-of-the-art enhancement of the liquid sugar production, the modernised sugar house and a new Service Center will be inaugurated at the Örtofta site in Sweden to coincide with the start of the campaign.

“Overall, we are expecting above-average yields across the Group for this year’s campaign. The trial harvests last week are a clear indication of this,” says Lars Gorissen, Chief Executive Officer at Nordzucker.

The sugar beet initially grew slowly in the spring due to cold, wet weather and longer sowing times in some regions, but has developed well in recent weeks. This was due to the persistent mix of rainfall, sunshine and summer temperatures.

The campaign will start at the Opalenica factory in Poland on 27 August. A few days later, the Nordzucker Group’s other factories in Germany, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Sweden and Slovakia will join the campaign. As in previous years, the factories in Schladen (Germany), Nykøbing (Denmark) and Kėdainiai (Lithuania) start by processing organic beet.

Sites prepared for the campaign – state-of-the-art liquid sugar plant inaugurated in Sweden

Nordzucker has used the inter-campaign period intensively to get its factories and plants ready for the new campaign. Through investments, maintenance and improvement measures, the company is not only optimising its production processes, but also consistently reducing its energy consumption. One highlight this year is the commissioning of the new, state-of-the-art production facilities at the factory in Örtofta, Sweden. Alexander Godow, Chief Operating Officer at Nordzucker, emphasises: “We have brought together the best of the two Swedish factories in one location to make production in Örtofta more efficient and future-proof. Among other things, we have modernised the sugar house and expanded the site to include state-of-the-art liquid sugar production and a new Service Center. This increases efficiency, offers logistical advantages, protects resources and contributes to decarbonisation. And it will bring us closer to our sustainability goals step by step.”

Nordzucker has set itself ambitious goals: By 2030, the company wants to reduce its CO₂ emissions by 50 per cent compared to the base year 2018. The goal is to produce CO₂-neutral by 2050. To achieve this, around 300 million Euro will be invested over the next five years as part of the GoGreen sustainability programme.

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