AGRANA Group

AGRANA honoured at the Austrian Digital Communication Awards 2024 🌟 The Austrian Digital Communication Awards 2024 were presented during the CIRA Annual Conference 2024 last week.  The ongoing megatrend of digitalisation has fundamentally changed the way information is disseminated and consumed by stakeholders. Companies around the world are now faced with the challenge of adapting their communication to the expectations of increasingly digitally savvy stakeholders. The Austrian Digital Communication Award 2024 therefore recognises those companies that have been particularly successful in making this adjustment. Based on a study by the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management team, the best companies in digital communication in the 2023 financial year were honoured. 🔍 The subject of the study was: Investor relations website Digital annual report Presence in social media Of the 41 companies in the ATX Prime (as at 1 January 2020), including the 20 ATX companies, AGRANA was the only non-ATX company to be voted into the top group, taking 7th place. We are particularly proud that our work in the area of investor relations has been recognised and appreciated. Congratulations also to all the other award winners! #AGRANA #fruit #starch #sugar #IR #investorelations #CIRA #ADCA #DIR 

AGRANA Leadership Team Visits Sugar Beet Fields in Baumgarten a. d. March 🌱 AGRANA CEO Stephan Buettner, AGRANA CTO Norbert Harringer, and Martina Steinberger-Voracek (from November 1st, CEO of AGRANA Sugar) visited the agricultural operation of DI Ernst Karpfinger, President of the Beet Growers’ Association, in Baumgarten a. d. March last week. During the visit, they gained valuable insights into the farm's operations and agricultural processes. Together with @Markus Schöberl, Director of the Beet Growers’ Association, they toured the sugar beet fields and discussed the challenges and opportunities in beet cultivation. #AGRANA #fruit #starch #sugar #harvest #sugarbeets #cultivation

🏆 Austrian Supply Excellence & Digital Procurement Award 2024: AGRANA honoured for innovation in the procurement process 🌟 Beginning of October 2024, AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG was presented with the Austrian Supply Excellence & Digital Procurement Award 2024 (ASEA) by the Austrian Association for Supply Chain Management, Purchasing and Logistics (BMÖ). 🏅 The award ceremony took place as part of the 26th Austrian Procurement Forum, where more than 70 experts from the DACH region discussed exemplary measures along the entire value chain, with a particular focus on sustainability, CSR and crisis management. 🌍💼 By automating the processing of order confirmations with generative AI, AGRANA has developed a cost-effective and highly innovative solution to reduce process costs and increase data quality and transparency in the ordering process. 🚀🤖 Congratulations to the entire team! 👏🎉 (📷 BMÖ | Marko Kovic) #AGRANA #fruit #starch #sugar #bmö #purchasing #it #excellence

AGRANA and Raiffeisen-Holding Niederösterreich-Wien invest EUR 5 million in FoodLabs fund We are pleased to announce that AGRANA and Raiffeisen-Holding Niederösterreich-Wien are each investing EUR 2.5 million in the third fund of the German investment company FoodLabs.  FoodLabs, with a broad portfolio of more than 60 companies, including some in the food and agricultural technology sectors, is among the most active Food & Climate funds in Euope. "For AGRANA, as a processor of agricultural raw materials and manufacturer of a wide range of products for the food industry, innovations in both agricultural research and food technology are particularly interesting," says Stephan Buettner Büttner, CEO of AGRANA. Together with FoodLabs, we can continue to boost our innovative strength and leverage the inputs of creative start-ups to further develop our portfolio. 🚀 ➡️ More information available at: https://direc.to/mj57 (📷 Raiffeisen | Roland Rudolph) #AGRANA #fruit #starch #sugar #Innovation #FoodTech #AGRANA #Raiffeisen #FoodLabs

We look back on a great weekend at the ernte.dank.festival. on Vienna's Heldenplatz! 🌾 Despite the high temperatures, many visitors came to the AGRANA booth to learn more about the journey from beet to finished sugar product and to win great prizes from Wiener Zucker on the wheel of fortune. 🍬 The festival on 7 and 8 September provided an opportunity to experience the diversity of Austria and the importance of the agricultural industry at first hand. As a manufacturing company, we are delighted to be able to give an insight into our contribution to Austrian agriculture. Many thanks to Ökosoziales Forum Österreich & Europa and Landjugend Österreich for organising this great event. 🙌 AGRANA Zucker Österreich AGRANA Research & Innovation Center #AGRANA #fruit #starch #sugar #erntedank #agriculture

#teamAGRANA at Vienna Business Run 2024! 👟🏃 We are so proud of our 150 colleagues who completed yesterday’s Business Run on the 4.3 km course along Vienna's Donauinsel. Over 30,000 runners and walking teams from more than 100 companies took part. After the run, all participants were able to recharge with snacks and drinks at the AGRANA tent and enjoy the late summer evening. ☀️ Thank you Wien Energie GmbH for organizing this great event. See you next year! #AGRANA #fruit #starch #sugar #businessrun2k24 #teamAGRANA

Our annual wet corn campaign and potato processing campaign at our plants in Aschach and Gmünd began at the end of August. 🌽 🚜 Thanks to the close cooperation with our regional farmers, corn and potatoes arrive fresh from the field directly to the plant, where they are processed into high-quality starch products for various industries. Wet corn in particular is environmentally friendly and efficient: by avoiding drying, we save valuable resources and costs.🌱💚 AGRANA Starch #AGRANA #fruit #starch #sugar #rawmaterials #agriculture #corn #potatoes

Exciting news from our Fruit Technology & Life Science department! 🚀🍓 We are pleased about the official inauguration of the new pilot pasteurization line at AGRANA Research & Innovation Center! This cutting-edge enables us to push the boundaries of fruit and flavor innovations, which, after successful testing on the pilot line, can be seamlessly implemented into our AGRANA Fruit factories – without causing downtime during development. Here’s to many more “brown flavor-full” and “fruit-full” innovations in the future! 🥂🍇 AGRANA Fruit #AGRANA #fruit #starch #sugar #ARIC #Research #Innovation #FruitTechnology #PilotLine

Harvesting knowledge at AGRANA! 🌾 We recently hosted the AGRANA Field Days near our starch factory in Aschach. It was an inspiring event where we had the opportunity to get in touch with our raw material suppliers and partners. The participants learned about the latest techniques and developments in the cultivation of starch crops such as corn, wheat and potatoes. We appreciate the commitment and interest of everyone involved and wish all our farmers a successful and rich harvest in 2024! 🌽🚜🌱 #AGRANA #fruit #starch #sugar #fielddays #agriculture

Little beekeepers, big explorers: a trip to AGRANA's world of bees 🌼🐝 In July, AGRANA Fruit Austria experienced a special day: the first honey bee workshop for children took place and was received with enthusiasm. Under the guidance of beekeeper Thomas Reif, the children explored beekeeping, observed bees up close and learned about the roles in the bee colony. After extracting honey and enjoying a snack of honey bread, they made wax candles and designed labels for AGRANA's organic honey. All bee lovers are cordially invited to take part in next year's workshop. We look forward to seeing you there! 🌸🍯 #AGRANA #fruit #starch #sugar #Honeybees #Workshop #AGRANAFruitAustria #Sustainability