Important decarbonisation milestone for Nordzucker

Sugar production to be powered by biomethane out of beet residues in Denmark

02-Oct-2024 - By signing cooperation agreements with Nature Energy, Nordzucker is setting a major milestone on the road to producing CO₂-neutral by 2050. Nordzucker supplies Danish beet residues to Nature Energy who produces biomethane for sugar production. From 2025 on, Nordzucker will use it for ...

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, ...

80.000-tonne sugar silo: Nordzucker reduces transport distances

New silo in Nordstemmen improves sustainability and energy efficiency

30-Jul-2024 - The topping-out ceremony for a modern silo for granulated sugar was held today at our production site in Nordstemmen together with representatives from industry and politics. The silo is a further building block for Nordzucker to save on transportation and thus sustainably reduce the CO2 ...

Nordzucker: Second-best result in the Group’s history

Extensive investments in further development

28-May-2024 - With an operating result (EBIT) of 421 million Euro, Nordzucker once again closed the past financial year very successfully. EBIT roughly doubled compared to the previous year. The Group sees itself strengthened and is continuing its investment and growth strategy. Over the next five years, ...

New business segment: Nordzucker invests in plant-based proteins

New plant goes into operation in 2026

28-Nov-2023 - Nordzucker continues to grow and is expanding its portfolio. The company is investing more than 100 million Euro in the production of plant-based pro-teins. Nordzucker will put a new plant into operation for this new business segment at its site in Groß Munzel, Lower Saxony, by mid-2026. The ...

Nordzucker acquires majority stake in Mackay Sugar

05-Aug-2019 - Nordzucker has successfully completed the acquisition of a 70 percent majority stake in Mackay Sugar Limited (MSL), Australia's second-largest sugar producer. In February of this year, Nordzucker signed an agreement with MSL to acquire 70 percent of the share capital. The closing of the ...

Nordzucker agrees majority stake in Mackay Sugar Limited

Acquisition of 70 percent majority stake in Australian sugar producer Mackay Sugar

12-Feb-2019 - Nordzucker and Mackay Sugar Limited have contractually agreed that Nordzucker will acquire a 70 per cent majority stake in Australia's second-largest sugar producer. Nordzucker is thus building up production capacities outside Europe and consistently pursuing its strategy of focusing on sugar ...

Nordzucker starts comprehensive transformation process

Adaptation of processes, organisational and cost structure

13-Dec-2018 - Nordzucker focuses entirely on sugar - in its core market of Europe and globally. Due to the significantly more volatile and highly competitive market environment, a comprehensive internal transformation process is being initiated with the aim of stabilizing the company in low-price phases and ...

Changes at the helm of Nordzucker

17-Aug-2018 - Supervisory Board elects Jochen Johannes Juister as its Chairman Helmut Bleckwenn was appointed Deputy Chairman Dr. Lars Gorissen, until now Speaker of the Executive Board, was named Chief Executive Officer Alexander Bott is the new Chief Financial Officer At an extraordinary Supervisory ...

Dr Lars Gorissen named as Speaker of the Executive Board at Nordzucker

05-Mar-2018 - The Nordzucker Group has a new Speaker of the Executive Board: as of 1 March 2018, Dr Lars Gorissen will be taking over at the helm of the company. “I am looking forward to my new role and working together with a strong team,” says Dr Lars Gorissen. Formerly Chief Agricultural Officer, he is ...