Aviko
| Aviko
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| legal form | BV |
| founding | 1962 |
| Seat |
Steenderen , Netherlands
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| management | Piet Hein Merckens (CEO), Peter Dekker (Managing Director Advertising), Jan van Wilsem (Managing Director Sales) |
| Number of employees | 1600 |
| sales | approx. 715 million euros (2013) |
| Branch | food industry |
| Website | www.aviko.de |
Aviko is a Dutch company with headquarters in the village of Steenderen, which is part of the municipality of Bronckhorst in the province of Gelderland. Potatoes are primarily processed into french fries , hash browns , potato ready meals and potato flakes. The name "Aviko" is an acronym from "Aardappel verwerkende industrie Keppel en omstreken" (potato processing industry in Keppel and the surrounding area).
With an annual turnover of around 450 million euros and 1,600 employees, Aviko is one of the world's largest potato processors and the world's largest supplier of chilled potato products.
history
Aviko was founded in Hoog-Keppel in 1962. In 1970 the head office was relocated to Steenderen. Aviko has been wholly owned by the Royal Cosun Group since 2002 . Royal Cosun had already held a 30% stake in the capital since 1990, then under the name Suiker Unie. The Royal Cosun Group is a cooperative primarily owned by farmers. Aviko BV has 12 subsidiaries and 1999 sales of £ 279 million. On December 1, 2010, Aviko took over the French fries potato business from Agrico .
In Germany , Aviko has a subsidiary in Rain (Aviko Deutschland GmbH), in nearby Oberdolling , Aviko BV took over a majority stake in the Amberger family's Dolli plant in 2014 (Dolli, Feldmühle, Helmer brands; sales 35 million euros, 220 Employee). At the beginning of 2017, Dolli-Werk was completely taken over by Aviko. Until the cessation of operations on December 31, 2018, the plant was managed by Bert-Jan Loman as General Manager. In Poland , Aviko has a stake in a potato processing factory in Lębork and, in the People's Republic of China, it holds a majority stake in the largest potato processing factory in China in the Minle district in the Gansu province .
Aviko processes well over 1 million tons of potatoes every year. The value of Aviko's market share in the Netherlands for frozen potato products was 48% in 2006.
Subsidiaries
- Rixona. BV: potato granules
- Aviko Precooked Potato Products in Cuijk, The Netherlands (EPC BV): Fresh potato products
- De Fritesspecialist BV in Lomm, Netherlands
- Aviko Germany GmbH in Rain
- Duynie BV in Alphen a / d Rijn: Utilization of the potato peels from potato processing as fodder
- Algen AB (Sweden): Pre-cooked potato products
- Aviko Potato BV, Dronten (NL): Purchasing, logistics and quality control for the factories of the Aviko group
- Aviko USA LLC, Jamestown (USA)
- Aviko Sp. Z oo, Gdynia (Poland)
- Aviko (UK) Limited,
- Aviko (Gansu) Potato Processing Co. Ltd., Minle (PR China)
Strategic alliances
- Eurofrits, Spain
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aviko company brochure (PDF)
- ↑ Aviko BV (potato processing industry) ( Memento from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Cosun increases sales . In: agrarzeitung.de, February 20, 2014
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Home: Aviko takes over raw materials business from Agrico. In: agrarzeitung.de. November 11, 2010, accessed February 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Quotation: "Aviko bv; German branch: Aviko Deutschland GmbH, Rain am Lech" Archive link ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.catering.de/aktuelles/aviko-amberger-global-meets-local-das-beste-aus-beiden-welten/
- ↑ http://www.dolli-werk.de/
- ↑ Oberdolling: Amberger plants close at the end of the year - around 150 employees affected. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from May 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Dick Vreugdenhil et al .: Potato Biology and Biotechnology: Advances and Perspectives . Elsevier, 2011. p. 33
- ↑ Website of Aviko Potato BV
- ↑ "operates as a subsidiary of Aviko BV"
- ↑ "operates as a subsidiary of Aviko BV"
- ↑ "operates as a subsidiary of Aviko BV"
- ^ "A wholly owned subsidiary of Aviko BV"
- ↑ A joint venture between Aviko BV and the government of Minle County, Aviko BV owning the majority of the shares About Us ( Memento from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive )