Cargill has been active in Germany since 1955 and following the acquisition of Cerestar, a leading provider of starch and starch
derivatives, and Degussa´s food ingredients business, has now over 1.700 employees in 14 locations in the country:
In Barby, Berlin (two locations), Frankfurt−Höchst, Hamburg (three locations), Klein Schierstedt, Krefeld, Malchin,
Mainz, Riesa, Salzgitter and Wittenberge where it has a joint venture producing biodiesel with Agravis Raiffeisen AG.
The German history
1955 "Deutsche Tradax" (trade office) is founded in Hamburg
1982 "Deutsche Tradax" changes its name to "Deutsche Cargill"
1992 Laying of the foundation stone in Salzgitter
1993 Start−up of the oilmill and malting unit in Salzgitter
1998 Cargill acquires the "Ölmühlen Schmidt Söhne"
in Mainz, the "Riesaer Ölwerke" and the food lubrication refinery "Hobum von Vandemoortele"
2000 Cargill forms a joint venture with Agravis Raiffeisen AG in
Wittenberge to produce biodiesel
2002 Cargill acquires Cerestar − a leading provider of starch and starch
derivatives − the largest acquisition in Cargill´s history. This acquisition included
Cerestar´s German plants in Krefeld and Barby
2004 Cargill acquires The Nestlé Group´s primary cocoa
processing facilities (Breber) in Hamburg
2005 Cargill acquires the global pectin business of Citrico, an international
manufacturer and supplier of pectin products for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries
2005 Cargill acquires Schierstedter Schokoladefabrik GmbH & Co −
an industrial chocolate facility in Klein Schierstedt
2006 Cargill acquires Degussa´s food ingredients, including its German
site in Hamburg
2006 Production starts at Cargill´s biodiesel plant in the Höchst
industrial park in Frankfurt−am−Main
2007 Cargill opens a new seaharbor dockingstation "Jetty" at the location Hamburg
2008 Restart of KGA−facility (Ketogulonacid) in Krefeld; − a preproduct
of manufacturing ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)
2008 Cargill builts a new watertreatment in the plant Krefeld
2010 Change of trade name of Hamburg Wandsbek location to Gargill GmbH (Salzgitter)
2011 Cargill acquires Kakao Verarbeitung Berlin with two locations
2011 Cargill acquires commercial activities of Nedalco Alcohol Heilbronn
Cargill has activities in the following areas in Germany
Alcohol
Biodiesel
Primary cocoa & chocolate processing
Cultures
Food and feed ingredients
Speciality food ingredients, texturisers
Grain and oilseed trading
Industrial chocolate
Lecithin
Malt
Oilseed crushing, refining and hardening
Pectin
Risk management
Starch and starch derivatives
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