Aviko
{{Short description|Dutch food company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Aviko
| logo = Aviko logo.svg
| image = Aviko-china.JPG
| image_caption = Aviko symbol on a factory site in China
| type = B.V.
| traded_as =
| industry = Food industry
| foundation = {{start date and age|1962}}
| founders = Arie de Rooij
| location = Steenderen, Netherlands
| locations =
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Piet Hein Merckens (CEO)
| products = Potato products
| revenue = € 757 million (2015){{cite news|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2016/10/06/aziaten-gaan-aan-de-friet-dat-is-het-4671861-a1525280|title=Aziaten gaan aan de friet, dat is het
|newspaper=NRC
|date=6 October 2016
|publisher=nrc.nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815093223/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2016/10/06/aziaten-gaan-aan-de-friet-dat-is-het-4671861-a1525280
|access-date=October 13, 2023|archive-date=2022-08-15
|last1=Tuenter
|first1=Geertje
}}
| operating_income =
| net_income = € 18 million (2015)
| assets =
| equity =
| num_employees = 2055
| num_employees_year = 2015
| homepage = https://corporate.aviko.com/en
| footnotes =
}}
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.{{Cite web |last=HONETi |first=Made with ❤ by |title=Nasze wartości - Aviko Polska |url=https://aviko.pl/nasze-wartosci/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Aviko |language=pl}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Aviko |url=https://redirecter.toolforge.org/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.companybooknetworking.com%2Faviko-b-v--2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117021920/https://www.companybooknetworking.com/aviko-b-v--2 |archive-date=17 November 2015 |access-date=13 October 2023}} On December 1, 2010, Aviko took over the French fry potato business from Agrico.{{Cite web |title=Aviko übernimmt Rohstoffgeschäft von Agrico |url=https://www.agrarzeitung.de/nachrichten/wirtschaft/Aviko-uebernimmt-Rohstoffgeschaeft-von-Agrico-36597 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=www.agrarzeitung.de |language=de-de}}
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).{{Cite web |date=2014-08-04 |title=Aviko übernimmt Amberger. Global meets local. {{!}} Catering Management |url=https://www.catering.de/food-beverage/aviko-amberger-global-meets-local-das-beste-aus-beiden-welten/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |language=de-DE}}{{Cite web |title=dolli-werk |url=http://www.dolli-werk.de/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=www.dolli-werk.de}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Amberger Werke schließen zum Jahresende |url=https://www.donaukurier.de/archiv/amberger-werke-schliessen-zum-jahresende-2911230 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Donaukurier.de |language=de}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Aviko in China |url=http://xmpotato.en.alibaba.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080511163714/http://xmpotato.en.alibaba.com/|archive-date= 2008-05-11|access-date=}}
Aviko processes well over 1 million tons of potatoes every year.{{Cite book |last=Vreugdenhil |first=Dick |title=Potato Biology and Biotechnology: Advances and Perspectives |date=14 August 2007 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780444510181/potato-biology-and-biotechnology |publisher=Elsevier |pages=33|isbn=9780444510181 }} 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.{{Cite web |last=Praxis |first=Lebensmittel |date=2020-09-25 |title=Unilever - Partnerschaft mit Aviko Rixona |url=https://lebensmittelpraxis.de/industrie-aktuell/28591-unilever-partnerschaft-mit-aviko-rixona-2020-09-25-09-22-21.html |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Lebensmittelpraxis.de |language=de-de}}
Subsidiaries
- Rixona. B.V.: potato granules{{Cite web |title=Aviko Rixona {{!}} Producer in dried potato products |url=https://www.rixona.com/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=www.rixona.com |language=en-US}}
- 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{{Cite web |title=Contact |url=https://corporate.aviko.com/en/contact |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Aviko Food Service |language=en}}
- 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{{Cite web |title=Aviko Potato - Creating value from potatoes |url=https://www.avikopotato.nl/de/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=www.avikopotato.nl}}{{Cite web |title=Aviko Potato BV - Company Profile and News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/5513157Z:NA |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}
- Aviko USA L.L.C., Jamestown (USA){{Cite web |date=2023-10-13 |title=Stocks |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}
- Aviko Sp. z o.o, Gdynia (Poland){{Cite web |date=2023-10-13 |title=Stocks |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}
- Aviko (UK) Limited{{Cite web |title=Aviko UK |url=http://serv1.datalog.co.uk/docs/02522450_AVIKO-UK-LIMITED_2012-12-31.pdf |access-date=13 October 2023}}
- Aviko (Gansu) Potato Processing Co. Ltd., Minle (PR China){{Cite web |title=Aviko - About us |url=http://xmpotato.en.forbuyers.com/about |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024056/http://xmpotato.en.forbuyers.com/about |access-date=13 October 2023|archive-date=2015-11-17 }}
Notes and references
= Note =
This article is based (mostly) on Aviko article from the German Wikipedia.
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