Aktiengesellschaft | |
Traded as | : SZU |
Industry | Food processing |
Founded | 1926 |
Headquarters | Mannheim, Germany |
Key people
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Wolfgang Heer (CEO and spokesman of the executive board), Hans-Jörg Gebhard (Chairman of the supervisory board) |
Products | Sugar, starch, processed fruit products, frozen and chilled pizza, bioethanol |
Revenue | €7.735 billion (2013/2014) |
€567.6 million (2013/2014) | |
Profit | €281.6 million (2013/2014) |
Total assets | €8.728 billion (February 2014) |
Total equity | €3.979 billion (February 2014) |
Number of employees
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18,459 (average, 2013/2014) |
Website | www.suedzucker.de |
Südzucker AG is a German company, the largest sugar producer in Europe with an annual production of around 4.8 million tonnes.
The company has 30 sugar factories and 3 refineries in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania Slovakia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Adjacent to the beet sugar factory in Zeitz in Germany Südzucker operates an bioethanol plant.