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
