Starch

The AGFD SRL Tandarei factory is situated in the south – east of the country, halfway from Bucharest and Constanta.

The warehouse is strategically placed in the center of the Baragan Plain (the main are for raw material collection), at an equal distance from all the major Romanian cities: Galati, Braila, Buzau, Bucuresti, Ploiesti, Brasov and Constanta.

The location was taken over by AGRANA in December 2001 and, after an ambitious investment program started producing as soon as April 2002.

Product portfolio:

1) Main products:

·  Innate starch – bulk, big – bags, 25 kilo bags

·  Modifies starch (agenasize8473, cationamyl 8425, collamidon 8805, collamyl 8414) – bulk, big – bags, 25 kilo bags

·  Glucose syrup – bulk, 150 kilo barrels

·  Maltose syrup – bulk, 150 kilo barrels

2) Secondary products:

·  Corn grains– bulk

·  Corn gluten – big bags, 25 kilo bags

·  Corn husk – big bags, bulk

The company is EN ISO 9001: 2000 qualified and HACCP certified.

The annual production capacity is 36 000 tons of corn and the medium number of employees during the year is 170.

The company owns modern storage and processing areas for more than 20 000 tons of cereal. Also, it owns special means of transport for bulk powder (starch) and viscid alimentary liquids (glucose).