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- 19th century
- 20th century
- 21th century
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1830
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1831
Larreguy founds his first sugar refinery, in Roye.
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1831
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1850
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1850
Creation of the sugar factories Bostennes and Letombe in Ham.
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1854
Foundation of sugar plants Flavy-le-Martel (Ham) and of Henri Bertin (Roye).
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1856
Foundation of sugar factory Ulysse Lefevre in Roye.
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1858 - 1873
Creation of two sugar plants in Fismes
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1850
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1860
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1860 - 1867
Creation of two sugar plants in Aulnois.
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1863
Foundation of refinery Maurin in Saint-Charles.
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1864
Foundation of the sugar factory of Etrépagny by Arthur Le Bœuf, viscount of Osmoy.
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1865
Setting up of the Mediterranean Refineries.
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1866
Henri Bergasse and a group of Marseilles’ business men set up the Saint-Louis sugar Refinery.
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1867
Birth of the sugar factories of Nassandres (Emile Cartier) and Montereau (Sté Théophile Pajot et Cie).
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1860 - 1867
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1870
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1872
The Saint-Charles refinery is taken over by Saint-Louis sugar Refinery.
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1878
Foundation of the Société Nouvelle des Raffineries de Sucre Saint-Louis, including two companies and three plants in Marseille.
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1872
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1880
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1884
The Saint-Louis plant is destroyed in a fire
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1886
Rebuilding of the Saint-Louis plant
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1884
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1890
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1891
Foundation of a sugar factory in Laudun (Gard)
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1894
Foundation of a sugar factory in Orange. First exports to North Africa and the Persian Gulf.
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1891
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1910
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1918
The 26 original sugar refineries of the Générale Sucrière stand in ruins.
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1918
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1920
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1923
Setting up of the Compagnie Nouvelle de Sucreries Réunies (including Eppeville)
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1924
Setting-up of the Union Sucrière de l'Aisne (including Aulnois)
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1928
Foundation of a refinery in Morocco (Cosuma) and of the Société Sucreries Marseillaises de Madagascar.
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1923
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1930
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1930
Start-up of a packaging plant in Eppeville
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1939 - 1940
Shut-down of most of the sugar refineries in the Aisne, the Somme and the Ardennes.
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1930
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1950
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1950 - 1970
All plants are equipped with continuous diffusers
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1950 - 1970
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1960
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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.
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1968
Creation of the first Common Market Organisation for Sugar
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1968
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1970
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1970 - 1973
Assimilation of sugar factories of Etrepagny, Roye and Aulnois.
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1970 - 1973
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1980
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1989
Setting-up of Eurosucre, a sugar marketing subsidiary.
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1989
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1990
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1990
Location in Spain with a participation in Azucarera de Espana
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1992 - 1996
Acquisition of Société Sucrière du Nord-Est (including Guignicourt), Sucrerie Raffinerie de Bresles and Sucrerie de Marle.
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1998
Générale Sucrière changes its name to Saint Louis Sucre.
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1990
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2000
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2000
Saint Louis Sucre markets its products directly
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2001
Acquisition of Saint Louis Sucre by Südzucker, first European sugar producer
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2003
Saint Louis Sucre acquires polish company Slaska Spolka Cukrowa S.A., later integrated in the Südzucker Group.
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2005
In Nassandres, Saint Louis Sucre produces sugars enriched with vitamin A, for the Nigerian market.
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2006 - 2007
Reform of sugar regime. Closure of the sugar plant of Guignicourt and the factories of Eastern Sugar.
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2007
Beginning of construction of the new packaging factory, Roye Packaging Plant.
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2008
The 40 000 tonne-silo of Roye Packaging Plant starts its activity.
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2009
Saint Louis Sucre headquarters move to Parc du Millénaire, Paris 19.
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2009
Inauguration of Roye Packaging Plant. Start of the sieving facility.
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2000
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2010
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2015
Stoppage of refining activity in Marseille
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2017
Reform of the european sugar regime. End of sugar quotas and minimum price for sugar beets.
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2015
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2020
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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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2020