JINOMOTO EUROPE S.A.S. is the European and African Headquarters of the Ajinomoto Group, covering Europe, Russia and the African continent. The Ajinomoto Group, in this wide area, counts thirteen companies and employs more than 2000 people.The Ajinomoto Group was founded in Japan in 1909 when the company's first product, AJI-NO-MOTO^®, was launched. AJI-NO-MOTO^®, which literally means ”the essence of taste” in Japanese, is a long-lived seasoning product now sold in more than 100 countries and which is very popular in Asia and on the American Continents.
Thanks to our advanced skills in amino acid technologies, we have diversified our activities from foods to fine chemicals and health care products. Today, the Ajinomoto Group is considered as a world leader in the amino-acid industry with 121 subsidiaries in 23 countries and 30,000 collaborators.

Since 1989 Archimex has been a centre dedicated to research (development studies and trials at pilot scale), professional adult training, documentation and information updating, in the field of extraction and purification of ingredients from natural products. Archimex works to develop new additives, dyes, aromas, essential oils, plant extracts and natural origin intermediate products for companies involved in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, chemical, nutraceuticals and animal feed industries.

ARD (Agro industrie recherches et développements) is a structure of private research having to its capital "les coopératives céréalières de Champagne Ardenne", the sugar group "Cristal union", "la Caisse Régionale du Crédit Agricole du Nord Est”, the "Chamtor"company (corn transformer out of gluten, starch, modified starch, glucose and derived)  and "les Coopératives de déshydratation de Luzerne".

The company was created in 1989 in order to open new respectful evaluation of the environment in agro resources of its shareholders (cereals, beet, alfalfa...).

To conclude its mission, ARD has developed competences in :
- the vegetable refinery ;
- the white biotechnology for the production of bio fuel, acids and organic solvents ;
- the green chemistry and more particularly in the synthesis of a range of biodegradable detergents; - the agro materials.

Moreover, ARD has coordinated an European program within the framework of the 5th PCRD (Research Outline Program and Development) for the development of epoxydes resin based on vegetables oils, having applications out of composites materials and electrical insulators.

Lastly, ARD turns like a platform of reference in white biotechnology.

The Arkema Group was created in October 2004 from the reorganization of Total’s Chemicals branch. Its three business segments, Vinyl Products, Industrial Chemicals and Performance Products, combine coherent and integrated industrial activities, most of which boast either world or European leading rankings, with internationally recognized brands and products

Present in over 40 countries with 15,200 employees, the Arkema Group operates 80 industrial facilities in Europe, North America and Asia, as well as sales subsidiaries in every region of the world. With a resolutely international presence, a solid commercial ranking, an industrial strategy focused on new plants and development projects, and a sound financial structure, Arkema’s assets combine to make the Company a major world chemical player.

BASF is the world's leading chemical company – The Chemical Company. With over 95,000 employees, six Verbund sites and close to 400 production sites worldwide we serve customers and partners in almost all countries of the world.


In 2007, BASF posted sales of Euro 58 billions and income before special items of approximately Euro 7.6 billions. We help our customers to be more successful through intelligent system solutions and high-quality products. Through new technologies we can tap into additional market opportunities. We conduct our business in accordance with the principles of sustainable development.

Cognis is a worldwide supplier of innovative specialty chemicals and nutritional ingredients, with a particular focus on the areas of wellness and sustainability. The company employs about 6,000 people, and it operates production sites and service centers in almost 30 countries. Cognis has dedicated its activities to a high level of sustainability and delivers natural source raw materials and ingredients for food, nutrition and healthcare markets, and the cosmetics, detergents and cleaners industries. Another main focus is on products for a number of other industries, such as coatings and inks, lubricants, agriculture and mining.

COPACEL is a professional organization responsible for dealing with horizontal issues in order to represent and defend the interests of all the paper companies, and bring them to the institutions concerned. This organization is based on commissions for work to build the records necessary for effective action to institutions to enable a strong representation of the general interests of the Paper Industry.

Les Dérivés Résiniques & Terpéniques is located in the south-west of France, in the heart of the ‘‘Landes’’, amongst thousands of hectares of pine trees.
Generations of men with character turned this marshy land into Europe’s largest artificial forest.
In 1932 DRT began to exploit this new wealth by developing rosin and turpentine extracted from pine gum.
DRT is the story of a local group of entrepreneurs which over several decades has acquired considerable experience in pine chemistry, bringing international recognition to the company.
DRT is a rapidly expanding independent family-owned business.
With over 800 employees DRT is based on solid international growth where it makes over 70% of its turnover.
Led by a new management team, DRT has implemented a development strategy in all its core businesses supported by constant investment at its 3 production sites in France as well as its Chinese and Indian platforms.
Castets site - Lesperon site - Vieille St Girons site

Located on two French regions known for their agricultural potential the Picardie and Champagne-Ardenne, with nearly 3 million hectares of agricultural area, one of the most diverse agricultural and efficient in the world, the center of Agro Industries and Competitiveness -Resources (IAR) aims to become the European reference for the valuation of non-food Agroressources in 2015.

 
Stop innovation, with tools such as a strategic business intelligence platform pilot Pôle Agro-Industries and Resources creates the label and research and development projects are highly competitive markets in the markets for bioenergy and agromaterials, biomolecules and vegetable ingredients that are based on the concept of IAR Pole refinery végétale.Le with the project's innovative concept to the industrial use in compiling the research players , education and industry.
 
The cluster in Agro-Industries and Resources has identified 4 strategic areas of action under the concept of refinery plant that are more broadly in the green chemistry of the plant: Bioenergy, the agromaterials, biomolecules, the vegetable ingredients.

Enabling industrial businesses to sustainably and competitively produce bulk chemicals via high-yield processes.
Founded in 1999 and based in Clermont-Ferrand (France), METabolic EXplorer is a green chemistry company that develops industrial solutions for using a wide range of renewable resources to circumvent the problems associated with burdensome, costly fossil fuel chemistries.

Based on the tried and tested principle of industrial-scale fermentation, the bioprocesses developed by METabolic EXplorer use optimized, non-pathogenic micro-organisms in a contained environment. This non-petrochemical technology enables the company to produce important bulk chemicals that are used to make many everyday products such as paints, solvents, renewably sourced plastics, textile fibres, surgical thread and animal feed.
METabolic EXplorer's goal is to implement its innovative processes in collaboration with global chemical players.

Subsidiary of DIESTERINDUSTRIE (96,7%),
Novance is the first european biodiesel producer and leader in industrialvegetable oils.

Novozymes is the world leader in bioinnovation. Together with customers across a broad array of industries we create tomorrow’s industrial biosolutions, improving our customers' business and the use of our planet's resources.
With over 700 products used in 130 countries, Novozymes’ bioinnovations improve industrial performance and safeguard the world’s resources by offering superior and sustainable solutions for tomorrow’s ever-changing marketplace. 

With 3 800 companies and 151 000 employees, the French plastics industry is an important player in economic development and employment across the country.
The Federation of the Plastics Industry, the professional organization representing the industrial sector of the plastics industry, is to establish policy and support business development in the areas of:
  > Human Resources (Social and training)
  > Economy and Innovation
  > Environment (site management, recovery recycling, eco-design) 

Rhodia is a world leader in the development and production of specialty chemicals, providing added-value products and high-performance solutions to diversified markets, including automotive, tire, electronics, perfume, health & beauty and home care, through its six global enterprises.
Our strong geographic presence in high-growth markets, combined with the dedication of our 15,000 employees and our resolute commitment to sustainable development places Rhodia in the strongest of positions to face the challenges of today’s industry.
Rhodia is listed on Euronext Paris. 

Serving a comprehensive range of industrial sectors, Roquette is one of the world's most advanced producers of starch and starch derivatives. It is also its leading expert in polyols, pyrogen free raw materials and dry sweeteners.

Roquette factories in Europe, America and Asia process exclusively renewable raw materials, such as maize, wheat, potatoes and peas; over 650 products in worldwide demand testify to the quality and success of the company's outstanding research, sourcing, production and delivery systems. 

SEPPIC is a company based within the international Air Liquide group. The state of the art ressources of Air Liquide allow SEPPIC to create the products needed in tomorrow's markets.
SEPPIC has widely recognised international expertise dedicated to ensuring customer satisfaction offering made-to-measure services, with the aim of Total Quality, to meet the economic challenges of the 21st century.
SEPPIC currently has over 600 staff world-wide.
Together, they are creating, developing and promoting innovative speciality chemical and biological products designed to meet the requirements of a wide range of markets including cosmetics, plant health, human health, animal health, nutrition, textiles, paper, fertilisers, lubricants, drilling, detergents, optical cables, glass, building, resins, plastics and polymers, paints and inks. SEPPIC offers its customers a wide range of high performance products.

Financial institutions in the French sector of Vegetable Oils and Protein SOFIPROTEOL accompanies development since 1983 and desoléagineux protein in France by setting up industrial and moyensfinanciers adapted.
In a proactive approach to sustainable investment, SOFIPROTEOL is, in a spirit of constant innovation, promote the duration marketing and processing of products and develop new opportunities to ensure greater competitiveness the chain.

The story of the Solvay group began on 15 April 1861, when Ernest Solvay patented a revolutionary ammonia-soda process for producing sodium carbonate. - also known as soda ash - using common salt, ammonia, carbon dioxide (CO2) and lime.

Solvay has grown to become a global chemical and pharmaceutical group active in three Sectors: Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals and plastics

The Solvay group is present in more than 50 countries on every continent and employs over 28 000 people

For four generations, the Soufflet Group has cultivated its identity. Rooted in the soil of France's Champagne district, the family firm, through momentum that has been maintained for more than a century, demonstrates its ability to develop on international markets, by employing a policy of integration from the outset.
Active from the beginning of the chain with collection, we also specialise in primary conversion: malting, milling and maize processing. Our understanding and involvement in the cereals sector place us as a vital player on the world malt market and one of the main millers in Europe. International trading reinforces our expertise.

Throughout the last century, the Company supported the growth in French agriculture right up to its current level of excellence, in particular by providing it with outlets. By employing an intentional policy, we have expanded to become professionals recognised in each of our sectors. And of course we have the will to further improve our positions.
Thus in sectors with low added value, we have to control costs with the closest of attention in order to increase competitiveness. To succeed in this, our staff also attest to creativity and offer customers not just the best products but a set of customised services too.

SYRAL is a leading producer of starch, starch sweeteners, alcohol and proteins in Europe.

SYRAL offers a reliable and consistent supply, through the backing of its secure shareholding with the international sugar group TEREOS and its grain stockholder partners.

SYRAL processes corn and wheat to manufacture a wide range of value added products in compliance with the current and future requirements of the food, pharmaceutical, green SYRAL is a leading producer of starch, starch sweeteners, alcohol and proteins in Europe.

SYRAL offers a reliable and consistent supply, through the backing of its secure shareholding with the international sugar group TEREOS and its grain stockholder partners.

SYRAL processes corn and wheat to manufacture a wide range of value added products in compliance with the current and future requirements of the food, pharmaceutical, green chemistry, animal nutrition, paper and corrugated board industries.
emistry, animal nutrition, paper and corrugated board industries.

Over the past century, we've evolved from a private inks shop into a world-leading manufacturer of commercial printing inks, color and media materials, polymer chemicals, and graphic arts supplies.


Today, the Toyo Ink Group, headed by Tokyo-based Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd., is the world's fourth largest printing inks manufacturer and a major developer of specialty materials and products. We serve 17 countries in Asia, North America and Europe with roughly 7,000 employees worldwide. In every region, we have deep roots in local markets and a global network of service professionals who are committed to resolving issues affecting our customers.

Created in the 1960s by French cereal, UNIGRAINS is a specialized finance company whose activity is specifically investor in the agribusiness and agro-industry, in biotechnology and related services.
UNIGRAINS aimed at both SMEs benefiting from a good regional presence and its position in growth markets to groups at national or European.
The structure of the portfolio outstanding UNIGRAINS reflects its specific investor high balance of the universe specialist food and agro-industrial complex. UNIGRAINS portfolio is divided between different sectors and agro-food industry, from upstream production of agricultural products of mass consumption. Basically, just over half of the outstanding concerns the plant and animal balance the field.
At 31 December 2003, total outstanding net UNIGRAINS for enterprises reached 348 million euros.

The UIC is the professional body federating all the chemical companies. It provides them with exchange and meeting structures, and encourages their development. It represents and defends them in its various fields of activities, such as social, economic, technical, fiscal and legal affairs.

UIC offers services from 6 main categories:technical ; economic ; social ; innovation ; communication ; legal.
 
The UIC's main task is to identify the needs common to all chemical companies and to favour their exchanges in order to define common stances and actions.

The UIC represents the chemical professionsand defends their interests when involved with any regional, national or international authorities.

The trade and employer organisation is at the service of the member companies. It provides them with information, advice and tools which are necessary for a proper management of their human resources, as well as the enforcement of economic and technical regulations concerning them.

As far as the public, the media and opinion leaders are concerned, the UIC is here to promote the image of chemical industries and outline the essential part the latter has been playing in human progress.

The Union des Syndicats des Industries starch products and their derivatives represents the economic interests of starch and potato starch in France: Cargill, Chamtor, Féculerie Haussimont Roquette and Syral.
The industrial starch products is designed to extract starch plants and their co-products (proteins, dregs and sounds, oil) and ensure its transformation to meet the needs of many industrial customers, both in food and non food.
Four are processed raw materials: corn, wheat, potatoes and recently pea protein, both on 9 sites.
The starch-starch is already today, along with bio-fuels, the main non-food outlet of the French agriculture with 360,000 hectares. In Europe surfaces opportunities for non-food starch is approximately 1,100,000 ha. These valuations cover a wide range of opportunities such as paper, cardboard, bio-chemicals, adhesives, textiles, building materials, detergents, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, bio-plastics ...) and are referred to develop in the context of the file of the Chemical Plant.