About ARIC

About the company

The AGRANA Research & Innovation Center (ARIC) is the AGRANA Group’s central research and development company. ARIC is managed as an independent company and is a wholly owned subsidiary of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG. 85 staff work on sugar, starch and fruit research projects over an area covering approximately 4,000 m².

AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY

Aim and area of responsibility of AGRANA Research & Innovation Center

INNOVATIONS

ARIC’s aim is to secure and actively shape the company’s success in the future through innovations. These innovations may be product innovations or innovations related to our processes and production technology.

CONSULTATION

  • Assisting with agricultural issues such as variety trials, soil analysis and beet analysis
  • Improving existing production processes for the processing and modification of sustainable resources
  • Application tests for clients from the food and technical sectors

SERVICES

Furthermore, ARIC also makes its specialised R&D expertise available to third parties. The company is a national and international provider of research & development and other related services in the fields of sugar technology, food technology, starch technology, microbiology, biotechnology and fruit, and is divided into five departments.

PRODUCTION

  • Improving existing production processes for the processing and modification of sustainable resources
  • Testing and developing new or alternative production processes for the processing and modification of sustainable resources

The aim of AGRANA Research & Innovation Center GmbH (ARIC), AGRANA’s research and development company, is to tap new fields of application for innovative products made from the raw materials potatoes, maize, waxy maize, wheat and sugar beet.
ARIC is a national and international provider of research & development and other related services in the areas of sugar technology, food technology, starch technology, microbiology, biotechnology and fruit.

ARIC is also a state-accredited laboratory for the yield and quality testing of sugar beet and the analysis of beet.
The most important activities encompass:

  • Assisting with agricultural issues such as variety trials, soil analysis and beet analysis
  • Improving existing production processes for the processing and modification of sustainable resources
  • Testing and developing new or alternative production processes for the processing and modification of sustainable resources
  • Product development for the food and non-food industries
  • Application tests for clients from the food and technical sectors

Corporate structure

AGRANA Research & Innovation Center GmbH (ARIC) is the AGRANA research and development company for starch, bioethanol, sugar and fruit.

Sugar

Starch

Nonfood & Food

Fruit

Biotechnology

Shareholder Structure

Integration into the AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG

AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG holds the shares in the following subsidiaries, which in turn manage the various international subsidiaries: