Danisco
| Danisco A / S
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|---|---|
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| legal form |
Aktieselskab Aktiengesellschaft (Denmark) |
| ISIN | DK0010207497 |
| founding | 1989 |
| resolution | 2011 |
| Seat |
Copenhagen Denmark
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| management |
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| Number of employees | 6800 (June 2010) |
| sales | DKK 13.7 billion (2009/2010) |
| Branch | White biotechnology |
| Website | www.danisco.com |
Danisco (from Danish Dansk Handels- og Industri-Compagni , "Danish trading and industrial company") was a listed Danish biotechnology group based in Copenhagen , which was formed from a merger in 1989 . He was one of the world's largest manufacturers of food additives . Danisco was taken over in 2011 by the American chemical company DuPont in a public offer, taken off the stock exchange and integrated into its Nutrition & Biosciences division; the Danisco name persists as a Dupont brand.
Corporate structure
In 2010 the group of companies employed almost 7,000 people in around 40 countries. The group as a whole generated sales of 13.7 billion Danish kroner in 2009/2010 . In Germany the company was represented by a subsidiary, Danisco Deutschland GmbH . This employed around 280 people in 2005 and was present at two locations ( Niebüll and Frankfurt (Main) ) in 2010 .
Restructuring
The former food company has restructured several times since 2000. As of the year 2000, the production of ready meals and frozen foods was no longer continued. In the following year the packaging division was sold to the Australian group Amcor . Further measures in May 2007 were the sale of the aroma division for 3.36 billion DKK (451 million euros) with around 800 employees and an annual turnover of 203 million euros (2006) to the Swiss company Firmenich International . In 2009 the sugar division was finally sold to the German food company Nordzucker .
The funds released were used for corporate investments in the field of white biotechnology . These included the takeover of the Finnish company Cultor and the French Rhodia Food Ingredients . In addition, new production and research facilities were built around the world, for example in Tecomán , Mexico , and in Shanghai . Danisco was known for discovering the importance of the CRISPR system in bacteria as an adaptive immune system . This was the starting point for the development of the revolutionary genetic technology CRISPR-Cas9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b http://www.danisco.com/wps/wcm/connect/www/corporate/about_us/danisco_in_brief/facts
- ↑ Billion takeover : Dupont buys Danisco. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Complete transparency. Interactive shift log ensures efficient documentation. October 16, 2017, accessed on December 11, 2019 (German).
- ^ Neil Sinclair: EC clears Amcor, Danisco, Ahlstrom flexible packaging jv. Retrieved December 11, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Firmenich buys Danisco flavor division. | NZZ. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Andreas Schweiger: Nordzucker makes Danisco purchase perfect. March 3, 2009, accessed December 11, 2019 (German).
- ^ DuPont: DuPont to Acquire Danisco for $ 6.3 Billion. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Danisco takes over the Food Ingredients division from Rhodia. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .
- ↑ http://www.danisco.com/wps/wcm/connect/www/corporate/about_us/danisco_in_brief/history
- ↑ Susanne Kutter: Creation 2.0: It's not far to the designer baby. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .