Our history, our heritage, your benefit
Südzucker has been serving food customer since more than 150years.
What has not changed since those times is that we are…
- very close to sugar beet farmers
- efficiently processing agricultural raw materials
- continuously innovating and developing our technologies
- supplying sweetening solutions that cater to the needs of our loyal customers
1837
Formation of the first sugar company of the later Südzucker
1926
1st merger: Südzucker AG´s direct predecessor Süddeutsche Zucker-Aktiengesellschaft was founded
1951
Formation of Zuckerfabrik Franken GmbH (Northern Bavaria)
1988
2nd merger: Südzucker Aktiengesellschaft Mannheim/Ochsenfurt
1989
Investment in Agrana, Vienna/Austria
1989
Investment in Raffinerie Tirlemontoise S.A., Brussels/Belgium
1991
Formation of Südzucker GmbH, Zeitz/Germany (sugar and glucose syrup factory)
1996
Founding of the Südzucker sugar division in Poland (today Cukier Krolewski)
2001
Acquisition of Saint Louis Sucre S.A., Paris/France
2003
Acquisition of Silesian sugar factories in Poland
2005
Start of bioethanol production in Zeitz
2006
IPO of the Südzucker CropEnergies (bio-ethanol) subsidiary
2012
Investment in ED&F Man, UK (commodities trading company)
2014
Südzucker brand relaunch (new Südzucker logo)
2015
Change of company name to Südzucker AG
2016
Wheat starch factory in Zeitz/Germany starts operations
2018
Südzucker and DouxMatok, Israel announce partnership
2022
Südzucker Group joins the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi)
2023
Südzucker Group becomes majority shareholder in Felix Koch Offenbach
2024
Südzucker launches first CO2-reduced beet sugar on the market
