Royal Sugar S.A. is partner and the exclusive representative of the Dutch sugar producer Suiker Unie Greece, the Balkans.
Royal Sugar imports from the Netherlands white sugar either in bulk to be packaged at Royal Sugar’s Greek plant or already packaged sugar in different sizes with the Royal Sugar logo.
The Suiker Unie partnership provides Royal Sugar and its customers:
(a) guaranteed quantities of sugar enough to potentially covering 100% of the sugar demand in Greece
(b) guaranteed premium sugar quality and certification
(c) guaranteed competitive pricing since Suiker Unie is the European sugar producer with the lowest production cost.
SUIKER UNIE:
- The 4th largest sugar producer in Europe with a share of 6% of the total annual European sugar production.
- Cooperative of all Dutch sugar producers with 9,200 members
- Annual turnover 2017 € 2,122 million, operating profit of € 108 million, net profit of € 75 million.
- In 2017, Suiker Unier processed 8 million tons of beet and produced 1.3 million tons of white sugar at its 2 factories in the Netherlands.
- Suiker Union meets the strictest quality assurance standards. All Suiker Unie plants are ISO 2200, ISO 14001 certified, HACCP, BRC, IFS, CocaCola / Pepsi and implement Tracking & Tracking (T & T) and Total Productive Maintanance (TPM).
- Suiker Union keeps the European record for maximum productivity and lower sugar production cost:
(i) production of 650,000 tonnes of white sugar a year per plant (vs European average of 180,000 tonnes per plant)
(ii) higher production of sugar per hectare in Europe (2017 production of 15,5 tonnes of white sugar/hectare with a sugar content of 16,6% vs. European average of 12 tonnes/ha with a sugar content of 12%).
- The Suiker Unie applies state-of-the-art technology, making the most of sugar beet and producing energy, feed, green gas, molasses used in the production of yeast or spirits.