15 February 2012

Nordzucker and Wilmar Sugar agree to cooperate

Wilmar to expand its sugar activities - Nordzucker to broaden its supply base for sugar

Nordzucker AG and Wilmar Sugar Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Wilmar International Limited, have agreed to cooperate in the sourcing of Raw Sugar for the European market and on the marketing of EU-sugar outside the European Union. In addition, both partners will jointly evaluate opportunities for further cooperation within Sugar.

"The EU sugar market will continue to be dependent on imports. Wilmar is a truly global player in this field with vast experience well beyond Asia. Through this cooperation, we will broaden our supply base for our EU processing industries and get further interconnected with the world markets", says Niels Pörksen, Chief Agricultural Officer of Nordzucker AG.

"With our know-how in sourcing raw sugar, our expertise in trading and physically moving world sugar, we intend to expand our activities further. This cooperation with Nordzucker will provide us access to the European Sugar market with a partner holding a significant market share in that region. By that we will complement our geographical coverage of the global sugar market", says Jean-Luc Bohbot, Managing Director of Wilmar Sugar.

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About Nordzucker: 
The Nordzucker Group with its headquarters in Braunschweig/Germany is Europe’s second biggest sugar producer, and also a producer of bioethanol and animal feed from sugar beet. 18 production sites and refineries across Europe form the efficient technical, logistical and geographical platform for continued success in future. The workforce of 3,500 across the Group is committed to delivering excellent products and services. 

About Wilmar:
Wilmar International Limited, founded in 1991 and headquartered in Singapore, is today Asia's leading agribusiness group.  Wilmar is ranked amongst the largest listed companies by market capitalisation on the Singapore Exchange.

Wilmar's business activities include oil palm cultivation, oilseeds crushing, edible oils refining, sugar milling and refining, specialty fats, oleochemicals, biodiesel and fertilisers manufacturing and grains processing. At the core of Wilmar's strategy is a resilient integrated agribusiness model that encompasses the entire value chain of the agricultural commodity processing business, from origination and processing to branding, merchandising and distribution of a wide range of agricultural products. It has over 300 manufacturing plants that are supported by its own fleet of vessels serving an extensive distribution network covering China, India, Indonesia and some 50 other countries. The Group is backed by a multi-national staff force of about 92,000 people.

Frau Nina Tatter
Fon: 0531 / 2411 - 348
Mail: nina.tatter{@}nordzucker[.]de