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Agrofood in Wa l l o n i a
extra good reasons to invest in Wallonia
Our
Helsinki Oslo
Stockholm
Located at the heart of economic Europe :
Availibility of land, logistics and manpower (qualified and multilingual).
400 million consumers
Copenhagen
Dublin London 150’
GEOTHERMIA
Amsterdam 120’
Brussels
Liège
Mouscron
Gembloux
Lille 60’ Mons
Charleroi
Namur
4 hours by road
Berlin 80’
Chimay
London
6
Strasbourg 60’ Luxembourg 100’
Amsterdam
Paris
1,700 ha/4,200 acres of buildable commercial land
Good knowledge of quality products. Culinary tradition.
Warsaw
Wallonia Luxembourg
competitiveness clusters
Frankfurt
Dynamic and scientific environment.
Prague
Strasbourg
Knowhow and diversified technologies at your doorstep. Huge network of opportunities.
Vienna Milan
Universities
Science parks
Distances from Brussels
Brussels
R&D Culture :
7
Agrofood zoning of Baileux
Availibility of raw materials and PAI (intermediate products).
Favorable business environment : business parks
Villers-le-Bouillet
Frankfurt 60’ Paris 90’
Brussels European institutions Multinationals’ headquarters
200
R&D in Life Sciences
80
8
key assets
Test market. Export facilities. Specific welcome structures.
Madrid
Spin-off’s
Istanbul
Economy open to the world :
Regional support, investment aids, R&D subsidies.
WAL=70% EU=30%
Trendy segments : Production of vegetable proteins / Health ingredients / Organic products / E- commerce for food / Dairy products / Quality meat
% of average export turnover
Quality of life :
Multicultural/Welcoming Region
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Healthcare Sector
Culture/Gastronomy
Nature
AGROFOOD EXCELLENCE IN WALLONIA ! INSPIRED BY FOOD
Wallonia Agrofood Industry in a nutshell
Knowhow and diversified technologies at your doorstep. Huge network of opportunities.
Evolution of investments (Wallonia) 220 198.6
200
164.3 Index 2011 = 100
8.55 BILLION € INVESTMENTS
457 MILLION €
22,813 INDIRECT FTE
147.7
140
Their choice to move to Wallonia, more specifically Western Hainaut, for their potato processing business, was driven by:
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99.5
37,001 IMPORTS
3.41
101.2 97.1
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83.0
60 2011
BILLION €
847 MILLION €
2013
Food industry (nace 10-11) COMPANIES
89.6
85.4 77.4
70.2 2012
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
KEY FIGURES (2018)
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being able to find employees in the region whose qualifications matched the needs of the business;
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being able to obtain stocks of potatoes - our raw material - in the region that are of the best possible quality;
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an excellent location for the business: near motorways and our main French, British and German clients, and also not far from the port of Antwerp for shipping overseas containers;
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the excellent welcome received from the town of Leuze-en-Hainaut, a town whose Latin name we have adopted as the brand name for marketing our products.
Manufacturing industry (nace 12-33)
In the meantime, our company Lutosa was taken over by the Canadian McCain family in 2013 and celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2018.
Your partners
1,564
Affordable solutions. Excellent Price / Quality ratio Premium return on investment
Before the take-over, the family was storing and selling potatoes in the industrial zone of Tournai.
130.8
100
BILLION €
COMMERCIAL BALANCE
160
The Van den Broeke family (former owners of Lutosa) moved to Leuze-en-Hainaut in 1977 when they took over a bankrupt potato processing factory.
101.9
EXPORTS
4.26
Client benefits
180
TURNOVER
DIRECT FTE
198.4
Growing in Wallonia
Keep your production in hand Total traceability and quality control IP security and tax advantages
The original selection criteria remain true to this day. Throughout its journey, our business has received valuable assistance from the Walloon public bodies, not only in terms of subsidies for major investments in our production workshops, which led to the hiring of around 200 people in three years, but also for export aid via AWEX, particularly through the missions it organises and our involvement in trade fairs abroad.
Evolution of foreign trade in food and beverages (Wallonia)
Today, the company counts 800 employees and 139 countries around the world enjoy excellent Belgian fries and potato specialities that come from our Leuze site.
5000
Joint collaboration to ensure quality.
4500
4,327
4,194
4,204
4,270
4,256
4000
Million €
The locations
3500
Specific Welcome Structures
3000
3,465
3,349
3,444
3.,560
861
845
759
710
2014
2015
2016
2017
3,409
2000 1500 847
500 0
Trade balance
Geothermia in Mons
MIM in Mouscron
Agrofood zoning of Baileux (Chimay)
Railway port of Athus (Luxembourg)
Stimulating environment Other companies Service providers
2500
1000
Liège Market
Lieve Jans Marketing Director
Exports
2018
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