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{{Infobox company
{{Infobox company
|company_name = Wessanen
|company_name = Royal Wessanen nv
|company_logo = [[Image:Wessanen.svg|130px]]
|company_logo = [[Image:Wessanen.svg|130px]]
|company_type = [[Naamloze vennootschap]]
|company_type = [[Naamloze vennootschap]]
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|location_city = [[Amsterdam]]
|location_city = [[Amsterdam]]
|location_country = [[Netherlands]]
|location_country = [[Netherlands]]
|key_people = Christophe Barnouin <small>([[chief executive officer|CEO]])</small> <br /> Frank van Oers <small>([[Chair (official)|Chairman]] of the [[supervisory board]])</small> <br /> Ronald Merckx <small>([[chief financial officer|CFO]])</small>
|key_people = Piet Hein Merckens <small>([[chief executive officer|CEO]])</small> <br /> Frans Koffrie <small>([[Chair (official)|Chairman]] of the [[supervisory board]])</small> <br /> Ronald Merckx <small>([[chief financial officer|CFO]])</small>
|industry = [[Food processing]]
|industry = [[Food processing]]
|products = [[Natural foods|Natural]], [[Vegetarian cuisine|vegetarian]], [[organic food]]s, [[fair trade]]
|products = [[Natural foods|Natural]], [[Vegetarian cuisine|vegetarian]], [[organic food]]s
|revenue = €509 million <small>(2013)</small></ref name="AR2011">http://annualreport.wessanen.com>
|revenue = €706 million <small>(2011)</small><ref name="AR2011">{{cite web |url=http://annualreport.wessanen.com|title=Annual Report 2011 |accessdate=2 March 2012 |publisher=Royal Wessanen}}</ref>
|operating_result = {{profit}} (€11.9 million) <small>(2013)</small><ref name="AR2013" />
|operating_result = {{loss}} (€19.0 million) <small>(2011)</small><ref name="AR2011" />
|net_income = {{loss}} (€0.1 million) <small>(2013)</small><ref name="AR2013" />
|net_income = {{loss}} (€17.1 million) <small>(2011)</small><ref name="AR2011" />
|assets = €337.7 million <small>(end 2013)</small><ref name="AR2013" />
|assets = €368.0 million <small>(end 2011)</small><ref name="AR2011" />
|equity = €105.4 million <small>(end 2013)</small><ref name="AR2013" />
|equity = €166.1 million <small>(end 2011)</small><ref name="AR2011" />
|num_employees = 1,225 <small>([[full-time equivalent|FTE]], end 2013)</small><ref name="AR2013" />
|num_employees = 1,998 <small>([[full-time equivalent|FTE]], end 2011)</small><ref name="AR2011" />
|homepage = [http://www.wessanen.com www.wessanen.com]
|homepage = [http://www.wessanen.com www.wessanen.com]
|intl = yes
|intl = yes
}}
}}


'''[[Koninklijke]] Wessanen nv''' is a [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] food company with a focus on healthy and sustainable food such as organic certified, fair trade and plant based, founded and headquartered in [[the Netherlands]]. It has operations in [[Europe]] and [[North America]]. Worldwide it had approx 850 employees at the end of 2013, a year in which it reported a revenue of €407 million. Wessanen is listed at [[Amsterdam Stock Exchange|Euronext Amsterdam]].
'''[[Koninklijk|Royal]] Wessanen nv''' is a [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] food company with a focus on organic, founded and headquartered in [[the Netherlands]]. It has operations in [[Europe]] and [[North America]]. Worldwide it had approx 2,000 employees at the end of 2011, a year in which it reported a revenue of €706 million. Royal Wessanen is listed at [[Amsterdam Stock Exchange|Euronext Amsterdam]].


== History ==
== History ==
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== Activities ==
== Activities ==
Wessanen is a leading company in the European market for healthy and sustainable food. It manages and develops brands and products in the grocery and health food channels. As well as being a market leader in organic foods, Wessanen also produces and markets fruit drinks and cocktail mixers in the US.
Wessanen is a leading company in the organic food market. It manages and develops brands and products in the grocery and health food channels. As well as being a market leader in organic foods, Wessanen also produces and markets fruit drinks and cocktail mixers in the US.


In Europe Wessanen is, next to the Netherlands (Wessanen Benelux), active in [[Belgium]], [[Germany]] (Allos Hof-Manufaktur GmbH, Allos GmbH, Allos Schwarzwald GmbH), [[France]] (Distriborg Groupe, Bonneterre), the [[United Kingdom]] (Wessanen UK) and [[Italy]] (Bio Slym, Abafoods).
In Europe Wessanen is, next to the Netherlands (Wessanen Benelux, Natudis, Foodprints, Kroon Biologische Verswaren), active in [[Belgium]] (Hagor-Bioservice), [[Germany]] (Allos Hof-Manufaktur GmbH, Allos GmbH, Allos Schwarzwald GmbH), [[France]] (Distriborg Groupe), the [[United Kingdom]] (Kallo Foods, [[clipper tea]]) and [[Italy]] (Bio Slym).


Wessanen intends to leave the North American market, having sold its Tree of Life unit, part of the firm since 1985, to Chicago-based [[Kehe Food Distributors]] for $190 million in early 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/consumerproducts-SP/idINLDE5BM06L20091223?sp=true|title=Wessanen sells TOL unit for $190 mln, shares dive|last=ten Wolde|first=Harro|date=23 December 2009|work=[[Reuters]]|accessdate=8 May 2010}}</ref> It concluded the €16.7 million sale of its bread products subsidiary Panos in December 2010<ref>{{cite news|title=Wessanen verkoopt Panos|url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/dft/bedrijven/wessanen/8539555/__Wessanen_verkoopt_Panos__.html|accessdate=27 March 2011|newspaper=[[De Telegraaf]]|date=20 December 2010|language=Dutch}}</ref> and is seeking to divest American Beverage Corporation in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/36502021/|title=BRIEF-Wessanen plans to complete Panos sale this summer-CEO|date=14 April 2010|work=[[AFX News]]|publisher=[[CNBC#CNBC.com|CNBC]]|accessdate=8 May 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
Wessanen intends to leave the North American market, having sold its Tree of Life unit, part of the firm since 1985, to Chicago-based [[Kehe Food Distributors]] for $190 million in early 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/consumerproducts-SP/idINLDE5BM06L20091223?sp=true|title=Wessanen sells TOL unit for $190 mln, shares dive|last=ten Wolde|first=Harro|date=23 December 2009|work=[[Reuters]]|accessdate=8 May 2010}}</ref> It concluded the €16.7 million sale of its bread products subsidiary Panos in December 2010<ref>{{cite news|title=Wessanen verkoopt Panos|url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/dft/bedrijven/wessanen/8539555/__Wessanen_verkoopt_Panos__.html|accessdate=27 March 2011|newspaper=[[De Telegraaf]]|date=20 December 2010|language=Dutch}}</ref> and is seeking to divest American Beverage Corporation in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/36502021/|title=BRIEF-Wessanen plans to complete Panos sale this summer-CEO|date=14 April 2010|work=[[AFX News]]|publisher=[[CNBC#CNBC.com|CNBC]]|accessdate=8 May 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
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== Board of directors ==
== Board of directors ==
=== Executive board ===
=== Executive board ===
* Christophe Barnouin, [[CEO]]
* Piet Hein Merckens, [[CEO]]
* Ronald Merckx, [[CFO]]
* Ronald Merckx, [[CFO]]


=== Supervisory board ===
=== Supervisory board ===
* Frank van Oers, Chair
* Frans Koffrie, Chair
* Rudy Kluiber
* Jo Hautvast
* Frank van Oers
* Ivonne Rietjens
* Ivonne Rietjens
* Marjet van Zuijlen
* Marjet van Zuijlen
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{Official|http://www.wessanen.com}}
*{{Official|http://www.wessanen.com}}
* {{Official|http://www/twitter.com/wessanen_250


[[Category:Food companies of the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Food companies of the Netherlands]]

Revision as of 14:48, 26 January 2015

Royal Wessanen nv
Company typeNaamloze vennootschap
Euronext: WES
IndustryFood processing
Founded1765
FounderAdriaan Wessanen, Dirk Laan
Headquarters
Amsterdam
,
Netherlands
Key people
Piet Hein Merckens (CEO)
Frans Koffrie (Chairman of the supervisory board)
Ronald Merckx (CFO)
ProductsNatural, vegetarian, organic foods
Revenue€706 million (2011)[1]
Decrease (€17.1 million) (2011)[1]
Total assets€368.0 million (end 2011)[1]
Total equity€166.1 million (end 2011)[1]
Number of employees
1,998 (FTE, end 2011)[1]
Websitewww.wessanen.com

Royal Wessanen nv is a multinational food company with a focus on organic, founded and headquartered in the Netherlands. It has operations in Europe and North America. Worldwide it had approx 2,000 employees at the end of 2011, a year in which it reported a revenue of €706 million. Royal Wessanen is listed at Euronext Amsterdam.

History

'Wessanen en Laan' was founded in 1765 in Wormerveer by Adriaan Wessanen and Dirk Laan to trade in ‘Mustard, Canary and other seeds’. The company flourished as new uses were found for all sorts of seeds. It was helped by the contemporary popularity for keeping caged birds, particularly canaries. At the beginning of the 19th century, the landscape around the Zaan river was dominated by merchants’ houses, their warehouses and, most distinctively, their windmills. In the pre-industrial age, the windmills functioned as sophisticated processing plants, using wind power to crush, grind and mix all manner of ingredients. Wessanen was by the start of the 20th century a large company, and following the award of royal warrants it was now known as NV Wessanen Koninklijke Fabrieken (royal factories). With a diversified global sales market, it was able to survive war, tariff barriers and the demise of colonialism. But it was still a typically Dutch company, with production facilities on the Zaan River.

Activities

Wessanen is a leading company in the organic food market. It manages and develops brands and products in the grocery and health food channels. As well as being a market leader in organic foods, Wessanen also produces and markets fruit drinks and cocktail mixers in the US.

In Europe Wessanen is, next to the Netherlands (Wessanen Benelux, Natudis, Foodprints, Kroon Biologische Verswaren), active in Belgium (Hagor-Bioservice), Germany (Allos Hof-Manufaktur GmbH, Allos GmbH, Allos Schwarzwald GmbH), France (Distriborg Groupe), the United Kingdom (Kallo Foods, clipper tea) and Italy (Bio Slym).

Wessanen intends to leave the North American market, having sold its Tree of Life unit, part of the firm since 1985, to Chicago-based Kehe Food Distributors for $190 million in early 2010.[2] It concluded the €16.7 million sale of its bread products subsidiary Panos in December 2010[3] and is seeking to divest American Beverage Corporation in 2011.[4]

Board of directors

Executive board

  • Piet Hein Merckens, CEO
  • Ronald Merckx, CFO

Supervisory board

  • Frans Koffrie, Chair
  • Jo Hautvast
  • Frank van Oers
  • Ivonne Rietjens
  • Marjet van Zuijlen

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Annual Report 2011". Royal Wessanen. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  2. ^ ten Wolde, Harro (23 December 2009). "Wessanen sells TOL unit for $190 mln, shares dive". Reuters. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Wessanen verkoopt Panos". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 20 December 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  4. ^ "BRIEF-Wessanen plans to complete Panos sale this summer-CEO". AFX News. CNBC. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010. [dead link‍]
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