Aviko

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Aviko
Company type B.V.
Industry Food industry
Founded1962;62 years ago (1962)
FoundersArie de Rooij
Headquarters Steenderen, Netherlands
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Piet Hein Merckens (CEO)
ProductsPotato products
Revenue € 757 million (2015) [1]
€ 18 million (2015)
Number of employees
2055 (2015)
Website https://corporate.aviko.com/en

Aviko is a Dutch food company headquartered 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). Currently, the company is one of the four largest potato processors in the world, and its share in the production of chilled French fries is 50% worldwide. [2]

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History

Aviko was founded in Hoog-Keppel in 1962. In 1970 the headquarters were moved to Steenderen. Aviko has been wholly owned by the Royal Cosun Group since 2002. Royal Cosun, then known as Suiker Unie, had held a 30% stake in the capital since 1990. The Royal Cosun Group is a cooperative owned primarily by farmers. Aviko B.V. has 12 subsidiaries and had a turnover of £279 million in 1999. [3] On December 1, 2010, Aviko took over the French fry potato business from Agrico. [4]

In Germany, Aviko has a subsidiary in Rain (Aviko Deutschland GmbH), in nearby Oberdolling Aviko B.V. has a subsidiary. In 2014, the Amberger family took over a majority stake in the Dolli factory (brands Dolli, Feldmühle, Helmer; sales 35 million euros, 220 employees). [5] [6] At the beginning of 2017, Dolli-Werk was completely taken over by Aviko. Until operations ceased on December 31, 2018, the plant was managed by Bert-Jan Loman as general manager. [7] In Poland, Aviko has a stake in a potato processing factory in Lębork and in the People's Republic of China, Aviko has a majority stake in China's largest potato processing factory in Minle County, Gansu Province. [8]

Aviko processes well over 1 million tons of potatoes every year. [9] Aviko's value market share in frozen potato products in the Netherlands was 48% in 2006.

In September 2020, a strategic partnership with the food company Unilever was announced. In this context, the company takes over the production plant in Stavenhagen, Germany. [10]

Subsidiaries

Notes and references

Note

This article is based (mostly) on Aviko article from the German Wikipedia.

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