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Tuesday, 2 Decembre 2008
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Press Press conference conference
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Roquette celebrates its 75th birthday
www.roquette.com
on Tuesday, 2 December 2008 at Lestrem at Lestrem
Press Contacts Press Conference on 2 December 2008: RP carrées Agency - Marina LOUVEAU Tel: + 33 3 28 52 00 50 E-mail: marina.louveau@rp-carrees.com Extranet photo site: http://extranet.rp-carrees.fr/ loging: presseroquette password: roquette
The Roquette Group, the world leader in the polyol sector and one of the top-ranked processors of starch (No 2 in Europe and No 4 in the world) is this year celebrating its 75th anniversary. To mark this occasion its Chairman, Marc Roquette, wished to open the doors of the Lestrem site (Nord – Pas de Calais - France), where the head office and the main industrial unit of the Group are located. During a press conference held there on Tuesday, 2 December, he drew a portrait and presented the ambitions of the 100% family-owned firm.
Roquette Group Contacts: Corporate Press Relations Marie-Laure EMPINET Tel: + 33 3 21 63 91 35 E-mail: marie-laure.empinet@roquette.com Business Press Relations François MABILLE de PONCHEVILLE Tel: + 33 3 21 63 90 73 E-mail: francois.mabille-de-poncheville@roquette.com
The Roquette Group, present throughout the whole world through 30 establishments including 18 production sites, employs over 6000 staff of which 3600 in France; in 2007 it achieved a turnover of over 2.5 billion euros showing a growth of 50% over the last 10 years. It processes every year 6 million tonnes of renewable raw materials (maize, wheat, potatoes, peas and tomorrow micro-algae) in a range of over 650 products derived from starch for the human and animal nutrition, paper-board, pharmacy-cosmetology and biochemistry industries.
Websites:
www.roquette.com but also:
www.aboutmaltitol.com www.nutriose.com www.pea-protein.com www.biohub.fr www.algohub-roquette.com www.chocolateforeverybody.com
Keen to assert its independence and confirm its position of leader while at the same time innovating and diversifying, the Roquette Group has chosen to develop along two strategic axes: plant based chemistry and nutrition-health, and two programmes have already received subsidies from Oséo Innovation. To this end, it invests over 40 million euros a year in R&D and more than 10% of its turnover in production facilities and equipment.