ERIDANIA BEGHIN-SAY - BG- Profile

Eridania Beghin-Say. Processor of natural foodstuffs into consumer products. Operations are carried out through the following five divisions: SUGAR AND DERIVATIVES: cultivating and processing of sugar beet, production of sugar, refining of cane sugar and production of ethyl alcohol; STARCH AND DERIVATIVES: processing of corn and wheat, and production of starch, derivatives and by-products; OILSEED PROCESSING AND MARKETING: processing of soybean, sunflower and rape seed oil; ANIMAL NUTRITION; CONSUMER PRODUCTS: olive and seed oils, pepper, herbs and spices, and baking ingredients. Consumer goods accounted for 34% of 2000 revenues; sugar and derivatives, 19%; starch, 7%; oil crushing and refining, 17%; animals' food, 13% and other, nominal.