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Saint Louis Sucre

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  • 1830
    • 1831

      Larreguy founds his first sugar refinery, in Roye.

  • 1850
    • 1850

      Creation of the sugar factories Bostennes and Letombe in Ham.

    • 1854

      Foundation of sugar plants Flavy-le-Martel (Ham) and of Henri Bertin (Roye).

    • 1856

      Foundation of sugar factory Ulysse Lefevre in Roye.

    • 1858 - 1873

      Creation of two sugar plants in Fismes

  • 1860
    • 1860 - 1867

      Creation of two sugar plants in Aulnois.

    • 1863

      Foundation of refinery Maurin in Saint-Charles.

    • 1864

      Foundation of the sugar factory of Etrépagny by Arthur Le Bœuf, viscount of Osmoy.

    • 1865

      Setting up of the Mediterranean Refineries.

    • 1866

      Henri Bergasse and a group of Marseilles’ business men set up the Saint-Louis sugar Refinery.

    • 1867

      Birth of the sugar factories of Nassandres (Emile Cartier) and Montereau (Sté Théophile Pajot et Cie).

  • 1870
    • 1872

      The Saint-Charles refinery is taken over by Saint-Louis sugar Refinery.

    • 1878

      Foundation of the Société Nouvelle des Raffineries de Sucre Saint-Louis, including two companies and three plants in Marseille.

  • 1880
    • 1884

      The Saint-Louis plant is destroyed in a fire

    • 1886

      Rebuilding of the Saint-Louis plant

  • 1890
    • 1891

      Foundation of a sugar factory in Laudun (Gard)

    • 1894

      Foundation of a sugar factory in Orange. First exports to North Africa and the Persian Gulf.

  • 1910
    • 1918

      The 26 original sugar refineries of the Générale Sucrière stand in ruins.

  • 1920
    • 1923

      Setting up of the Compagnie Nouvelle de Sucreries Réunies (including Eppeville)

    • 1924

      Setting-up of the Union Sucrière de l'Aisne (including Aulnois)

    • 1928

      Foundation of a refinery in Morocco (Cosuma) and of the Société Sucreries Marseillaises de Madagascar.

  • 1930
    • 1930

      Start-up of a packaging plant in Eppeville

    • 1939 - 1940

      Shut-down of most of the sugar refineries in the Aisne, the Somme and the Ardennes.

  • 1950
    • 1950 - 1970

      All plants are equipped with continuous diffusers

  • 1960
    • 1968

      Foundation of the Générale Sucrière Group, from the merger of the companies Sucreries et Raffineries Bouchon et Pajot, Compagnie Nouvelle de Sucreries Réunies and Raffinerie Saint-Louis.

    • 1968

      Creation of the first Common Market Organisation for Sugar

  • 1970
    • 1970 - 1973

      Assimilation of sugar factories of Etrepagny, Roye and Aulnois.

  • 1980
    • 1989

      Setting-up of Eurosucre, a sugar marketing subsidiary.

  • 1990
    • 1990

      Location in Spain with a participation in Azucarera de Espana

    • 1992 - 1996

      Acquisition of Société Sucrière du Nord-Est (including Guignicourt), Sucrerie Raffinerie de Bresles and Sucrerie de Marle.

    • 1998

      Générale Sucrière changes its name to Saint Louis Sucre.

  • 2000
    • 2000

      Saint Louis Sucre markets its products directly

    • 2001

      Acquisition of Saint Louis Sucre by Südzucker, first European sugar producer

    • 2003

      Saint Louis Sucre acquires polish company Slaska Spolka Cukrowa S.A., later integrated in the Südzucker Group.

    • 2005

      In Nassandres, Saint Louis Sucre produces sugars enriched with vitamin A, for the Nigerian market.

    • 2006 - 2007

      Reform of sugar regime. Closure of the sugar plant of Guignicourt and the factories of Eastern Sugar.

    • 2007

      Beginning of construction of the new packaging factory, Roye Packaging Plant.

    • 2008

      The 40 000 tonne-silo of Roye Packaging Plant starts its activity.

    • 2009

      Saint Louis Sucre headquarters move to Parc du Millénaire, Paris 19.

    • 2009

      Inauguration of Roye Packaging Plant. Start of the sieving facility.

  • 2010
    • 2015

      Stoppage of refining activity in Marseille

    • 2017

      Reform of the european sugar regime. End of sugar quotas and minimum price for sugar beets.

  • 2020
    • 2020

      Following the impact of the 2017 reform, industrial restructuring : Eppeville and Cagny become storage centers, Marseille is dedicated to liquid sugar, closing of Nassandres packaging unit.

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