Aviko

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]

Aviko

Aviko symbol on a factory site in China
Company type	B.V.
Industry	Food industry
Founded	1962; 62 years ago (1962)
Founders	Arie de Rooij
Headquarters	Steenderen, Netherlands
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Piet Hein Merckens (CEO)
Products	Potato products
Revenue	€ 757 million (2015)[1]
Net income	€ 18 million (2015)
Number of employees	2055 (2015)
Website	https://corporate.aviko.com/en

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

• Rixona. B.V.: potato granules^[11]
• Aviko Precooked Potato Products in Cuijk, Netherlands (EPC B.V.): Fresh potato products
• De Fritesspecialist B.V. in Lomm, Netherlands
• Aviko Deutschland GmbH in Rain^[12]
• Duynie B.V. in Alphen a/d Rijn: Use of the potato peels resulting from potato processing as livestock feed
• Algen AB (Sweden): Pre-cooked potato products
• Aviko Potato B.V., Dronten (NL): Purchasing, logistics and quality monitoring for the Aviko Group factories^[13][14]
• Aviko USA L.L.C., Jamestown (USA)^[15]
• Aviko Sp. z o.o, Gdynia (Poland)^[16]
• Aviko (UK) Limited^[17]
• Aviko (Gansu) Potato Processing Co. Ltd., Minle (PR China)^[18]

Notes and references

Note

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

References

1. Tuenter, Geertje (6 October 2016). "Aziaten gaan aan de friet, dat is het". NRC. nrc.nl. Archived from the original on 2022-08-15. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
2. HONETi, Made with ❤ by. "Nasze wartości - Aviko Polska". Aviko (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-10-13.
3. "Aviko". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
4. "Aviko übernimmt Rohstoffgeschäft von Agrico". www.agrarzeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-13.
5. "Aviko übernimmt Amberger. Global meets local. | Catering Management" (in German). 2014-08-04. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
6. "dolli-werk". www.dolli-werk.de. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
7. "Amberger Werke schließen zum Jahresende". Donaukurier.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-13.
8. "Aviko in China". Archived from the original on 2008-05-11.
9. Vreugdenhil, Dick (14 August 2007). Potato Biology and Biotechnology: Advances and Perspectives. Elsevier. p. 33. ISBN 9780444510181.
10. Praxis, Lebensmittel (2020-09-25). "Unilever - Partnerschaft mit Aviko Rixona". Lebensmittelpraxis.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-13.
11. "Aviko Rixona | Producer in dried potato products". www.rixona.com. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
12. "Contact". Aviko Food Service. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
13. "Aviko Potato - Creating value from potatoes". www.avikopotato.nl. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
14. "Aviko Potato BV - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
15. "Stocks". Bloomberg.com. 2023-10-13. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
16. "Stocks". Bloomberg.com. 2023-10-13. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
17. "Aviko UK" (PDF). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
18. "Aviko - About us". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

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