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Fig. 2.19 Financial structure of the Bazancourt-Pomacle site in 2012

Box 2.6 Presentation of Siclae ´, VIVESCIA Holding Group and Player
in the Bazancourt-Pomacle Biorefinery
SICLAE 45 is an agro-food industry group that specialises in transforming
plant material into food and non-food fibres. SICLAE is a partnership limited
by shares, controlled by its founders from the farming sector.
SICLAE is present in promising markets at the crossroads between agri-
culture and industry, such as malting, milling and bakery, starch and glucose
production, maize processing, animal feed and environmental plant chemis-
try. Its core activity is processing cereal production (wheat, barley, maize,
oats), oilseed (rape, sunflower) high-protein crops (peas, horse beans), with
the aim of developing regional agriculture and attaining critical mass.

Key Figures
– World Leader in malt
– Leading French milling company and major European player in baking,
cakes and pastries
– Number Two in Europe for maize processing
– 6546 employees
– Active in 25 countries
– Turnover of 2.45 billion euros

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Shareholders of SICLAE :
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Source: http://www.siclae.com/
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Source: http://www.siclae.com/siclae-en-bref/actionnaires-filieres/index.html