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MARLIS RÖTTING IST GESCHÄFTSFRAU UND HAMBURGAMBASSADORIN IN PEKING
ADM has a global added-value chain with 450 pro- curement offices and 330 foodstuff/feedstuff pro- cessing sites, 62 innovation centers and a unique worldwide transport network.
EUROPE’S LARGEST OIL MILL STANDS IN THE PORT OF HAMBURG
With a workforce of around 40,000, ADM supplies customers in almost 200 countries. ADM currently employs over 2,500 staff in Germany, 850 of them in Hamburg. With several handling and production facil- ities, including Europe’s largest oil mill, the world’s leading processor of agricultural products has been operating from a base in Hamburg for more than a century. Apart from Hamburg, facilities at Spyck, Mainz and Straubing also handle oilseeds.
AMBITIOUS TEAMS WITH A WIDE SPECTRUM OF OCCUPATIONS
Every day, ADM’s employees are presented with fresh challenges that they master with a high degree of flexibility. Apart from conducting automated, digi- tal processes, its teams analyze data for optimal pro- duction processes that offer lower emissions, costs, and improved load.
The diversified portfolio requires a team of staff cov- ering a wide variety of very different occupations. ADM’s workforce ranges from trainees in different
commercial, industrial and laboratory sectors to sci- entists with PhDs in its innovation centers. Not least, acquisition of the WILD Group has widened the range of staff qualifications in the food sector. Aro- mas, concentrates, blends, colourings and further in- gredients for the food and beverage industry are pro- duced at three sites, in Heidelberg, Berlin, and Nauen. This year, the Erich Ziegler Company has joined the group family as its latest member. With Ziegler and Florida Chemicals, ADM became the world‘s leading company for natural citrus ingredi- ents, with a complete range of innovative citrus for- mulae and systems for customers from the food, beverage and fragrance areas.
THE IMPORTANCE OF OILSEEDS FOR GERMANY
For oilseeds, Germany is the largest market in the EU, consuming around six million tons of oil and at least nine million tons of grist a year. Yet Germany depends heavily on imports here. In addition, nine million tons of oilseeds are imported annually, then processed into feedstuffs and oils. Regional agricul- ture profits from investments in the processing of GMO-free soya beans at Straubing and Spyck. Farm- ers accordingly find outlets for new native cultures, which bind nitrogen in the soil and frequently also en- hance rapid crop rotation.
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A VARIED BREAKFAST – OFTEN CEREALS BELONG TO IT
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