Avebe has received three Starch Europe Safety Awards. In 2015, the trade association Starch Europe launched the Safety Awards which recognize the best performing EU starch plants in reducing accidents in the work place.
The company’s production plants in Gasselternijveen, Ter Apelkanaal (both in the Netherlands) and Malmö (Sweden) received the so called Year Award – awarded to plants that show exceptional results on safety. All three factories produce year-round and employ all together approximately 550 people.
The company reports: “Avebe is proud of these Safety Awards. It shows the progress of our focus on safety in the execution of our strategy. Avebe is continuously working on a safe workplace, taking responsibility and addressing each other on behavior.”
Starch Europe is the trade association which represents the interests of the EU starch industry both at European and international level. Its membership comprises 24 EU starch producing companies, together representing more than 95% of the EU starch industry. Before October 2014 Starch Europe was called the AAF. Avebe is member of the trade association Starch Europe.
Avebe is a cooperative of 2,500 growers of starch potato in the Netherlands and Germany. Each year, the starch potatoes of those members are processed into high-grade ingredients based on potato starch and potato protein; they add value to food products but also to industrial applications worldwide. Avebe works continuously on developing new opportunities and applications based on starch potatoes and is focused on sustainable continuity. The company has 1,300 employees and production sites in the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden and sales offices in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The head office is in Veendam. Avebe is a registered trade name of Coöperatie AVEBE U.A. Find out more about Avebe, please visit www.avebe.com or follow Avebe on Twitter: @AVEBEGroup or LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/avebe
