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| “Quick facts” has two parts. The first section gives you some important factual information about KMC. This is followed by a more detailed – yet still brief – explanation of things we think you might want to know about KMC. |
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| Activities/operations | Development, production and sales of starch and other agriculture-based ingredients, for the food industry in particular. | |
| Location | Company headquarters in Brande, Denmark. Production sites in Denmark, Vietnam and China | |
| Established | 1933 | |
| Type of company | Cooperative society | |
| Chairman
of the Board of Directors |
Martin Arvad | |
| President and CEO | ||
| Number of
employees in KMC Group, Denmark (August ’08) |
190 | |
| Central Business Register (CVR) no. | 15230614 | |
| Bank | Nordea | |
| Credit rating | KMC has been given an AAA credit rating by Dun & Bradstreet | |
| Product liability insurance | AIG Europe | |
| Auditor | KPMG | |
| Certification | KMC can supply products with certifications within food hygiene, food safety and quality control appropriate to specific needs and requirements, including HACCP/ISO 22000, GMP + B2, QS, ISO 9001, BRC, ISO 14001, DS2403 etc. | |
| Exports | to more than 72 countries around the world | |
| Export share (2008/09) | 90% of total sales | |
| Sales companies | KMC operates special sales companies in Denmark, Germany, the UK, Russia, China and Vietnam. |
| From one to many | KMC was founded on the basis of
one single product – native potato starch. We have subsequently made regular additions to our range of products, and we now supply special ingredients to customers all over the world – primarily in the food sector but also in the manufacturing industry. The main thing all KMC products have in common is that they are carefully refined and based on high-quality crops. |
| Good suppliership | KMC is owned by its suppliers
– approximately 1350 Danish potato growers. This results in a dynamic
mutual interest that ensures delivery of raw materials that KMC knows
it can rely on. We are also committed to exceptionally close long-term relationships with our other suppliers. This is the way we can be sure of providing our customers with top-quality products with the necessary provenance and documentation. By working closely and continuously with our suppliers, helping them to boost their yields and to supply us with agricultural products that get better year after year, we can also monitor exactly where and how the raw materials were grown and harvested, and by whom. |
| From Denmark to export | In Denmark, KMC has three factories that produce native potato starch, one modification plant and one factory that produces potato granules and flakes. Most of KMC’s production goes to export – we ship 90% of our total output to more than 73 countries all over the world. |
| Production and sales abroad |
KMC also owns a tapioca starch
factory in Vietnam, and has interest in a native potato starch factory
in Huhhot. Because we want to ensure the best possible contact with our customers, KMC has a comprehensive network of experienced agents and sales representatives throughout the world as well as its own sales companies in Denmark, Germany, the UK, Russia, China and Vietnam. |
| Special
ingredients on the rise |
Consumption of starch and other
special food ingredients is on the rise all over the world, part of a
trend towards even more ready-prepared meals and refined commodities with
longer shelf lives. Our focus on carefully selected special ingredients means that we, too, are expanding rapidly. But we are determined to make sure that the way we work and the way we think remain the same. It has been a recipe for success and customer appreciation for more than seventy years – and we want to keep it that way. |
| More, closer, more personal | We aim at continuing our process
of controlled growth, and this will involve developing even more new ingredients
and other products in the future. We know we are by no means the largest provider of starch and special ingredients in the world – but we are determined to be the company that customers can trust and that they actively want to do business with, one that helps our customers deal with practical problems, and one that makes our customers’ production activities more successful. We run a company that is efficient, reliable, innovative and versatile. We are determined to keep to a personal, honest approach in everything we do, where names and faces are important and remembered, and where our customers know that we mean what we say. |
