Press Release

BayWa to acquire majority interest in speciality trader Royal Ingredients

Munich, 06/12/2018 – Subject to the approval of the responsible antitrust authorities, BayWa AG is to acquire 60 percent of the shares in the speciality trader Royal Ingredients Group International B.V. (Royal Ingredients) through its Dutch division BayWa Agri Supply & Trade BV. The acquisition is part of the BayWa Agri Supply & Trade (BAST) business division’s strategy to expand its range of speciality cereals and services. Royal Ingredients is a leading supplier of conventional and organic starches, vegetable proteins, grains and seeds to the global food and animal feed industries.

“With the majority acquisition, we are further expanding our business activities in the international speciality trade”, explains Klaus Josef Lutz, Chief Executive Officer of BayWa AG. “Royal Ingredients fits in perfectly with our strategic orientation. The company is represented all over the world and adds promising products to our portfolio of specialities. We expect this to open up a wide range of opportunities for the further expansion of our business.”

“BAST has an excellent reputation and customer network”, comment Sicco Holman and Ben Broersen, Managing Directors of Royal Ingredients. “With BAST and the BayWa Group we benefit from a strong, solid partner with broad international sourcing and logistic expertise. Just like Royal Ingredients BAST stands for stable and reliable processes across the value chain, with a focus on customer satisfaction.”

Royal Ingredients
Royal Ingredients was founded in 2007 in the Netherlands and today has distribution companies and representative offices in the USA, China, India, Hong Kong, Brazil, Colombia and Nigeria. The company is a global supplier of starches and starch derivatives, vegetable proteins, fibres, grains and seeds and serves hundreds of customers all over the world with a focus on food manufacturers and distributors, the animal feed industry and paper and board manufacturers. For further information see www.royal-ingredients.com.

BayWa Agri Supply & Trade B.V.
The BayWa Agri Supply & Trade B.V. division of BayWa, which is headquartered in Rotterdam, includes the companies Cefetra, Cefetra Feed Service, Tracomex, Thenergy, BioCore, Riveka, Evergrain, PremiumCrops and BayWa Marketing & Trading International BV. BAST is active worldwide in the international agricultural commodities trade and is Europe’s leading supplier of raw materials to the animal feed industry. Each year BAST trades around 26 million tonnes of agricultural commodities and in 2017 had a turnover of around 5.9 billion euros.