2.1. Host Organization Roquette is one of the world’s five leading starch manufacturing companies with 47% sales in human food nutrition, 20% in animal food nutrition, 13% in pharmaceuticals, 11% in paper and cardboard industry and 9% in chemistry and biochemistry industry. With a turnover of 3.1 billion euros as of 2014, and around 8,100 employees around Europe (5,100), America (600), Asia (1,150) and India (1,250), Roquette, has subsidiaries, agents and distributors in more than 100 countries, establishing 6 application development centers and providing over 700 products in the development of food and nutrition-health and plant-based chemistry to its customers. With the moto of “Serving men and women by offering the best of nature”, Roquette is a French
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The headquarters of Roquette were set-up in Lestrem in 1933 by Dominique and Germain Roquette. In 1940s, the company diversified its range to include corn starch. During the 1950s, the company invested in the development of a range of Polyols (such as sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, maltitol) and while 1980s, the company launched the production of wheat starch. Lately in 2008, the Roquette group has been involved in the micro-algae sector. It has been ranked No.1 in France and India, No.2 in Europe and No.5 in the world in the starch sector.
The Group has a total of 21 international production sites including in 11 sites in Europe (France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy and Romania), 2 sites in The United States of America, 3 sites in India, 5 in China and South Korea. The headquarters that are in Lestrem, it is the biggest bio-refinery in the whole of European continent. The production site in Lestrem processes around 2,300 tons of corn per day and 2,000,000 tons of corn and wheat per year producing modified and native starch as their main products and Proteins, fibers and Oil, Sugars and polyols as their essential
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The headquarters of Roquette were set-up in Lestrem in 1933 by Dominique and Germain Roquette. In 1940s, the company diversified its range to include corn starch. During the 1950s, the company invested in the development of a range of Polyols (such as sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, maltitol) and while 1980s, the company launched the production of wheat starch. Lately in 2008, the Roquette group has been involved in the micro-algae sector. It has been ranked No.1 in France and India, No.2 in Europe and No.5 in the world in the starch sector.
The Group has a total of 21 international production sites including in 11 sites in Europe (France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy and Romania), 2 sites in The United States of America, 3 sites in India, 5 in China and South Korea. The headquarters that are in Lestrem, it is the biggest bio-refinery in the whole of European continent. The production site in Lestrem processes around 2,300 tons of corn per day and 2,000,000 tons of corn and wheat per year producing modified and native starch as their main products and Proteins, fibers and Oil, Sugars and polyols as their essential