Saipol

Owned by Sofiprotéol’s oilseed division, Saipol processes oilseed into edible vegetable oil, oilseed meal for animal feed, and by-products for sustainable energy and chemistry.

The French leader in oilseed crushing and oil refining

With 7 industrial plants in France, Saipol is the French leader in oilseed crushing. In 2010, Saipol holds a crushing capacity of 4 million tons of rapeseed and sunflower seed, accounting for 70% of total French oilseed.

Saipol processes oilseed and sells:

• crude, neutral and refined oil for the global agri-food market, industries, renewable energies,
• and oilseed meal for animal feed.

A number of these plants also produce biodiesel and vegetable glycerin for Saipol’s sister company, Diester Industrie.

Saipol is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Soprol – Sofiprotéol’s Oilseed Division. Saipol owns Lesieur (manufacturer of edible oils and salad dressings) and Expur (oilseed crushing and oil refining in Romania).

Saipol activities

Turnover 2009: 1,58 billion €
Turnover 2010: 1,67 billion €
Industrial plants: 7 in France

A company at the core of Sofiprotéol’s activities

Oilseed crushing and oil refining are crucial activities for the oilseed industry. They are the first steps for adding value to rapeseed and sunflower seed crops by producing oil and oilseed meal for industrial use.

Sofiprotéol’s other subsidiary companies add extra value to Saipol products further down the production chain:

• Lesieur packages and markets edible vegetable oil and salad dressings,
• Diester Industrie supervises biodiesel production in France. Diester Industrie markets biodiesel, under the brand name Diester, and glycerin, a by-product of biodiesel production.
• Oleon and Novance manufacture and market renewable products made from vegetable oil, esters and glycerine.
• Glon Sanders uses oilseed meal as an ingredient in animal feed.

Saipol industrial plants

Saipol owns 7 industrial plants in France: Grand-Couronne (76), Dieppe (76), Venette (60), Le Mériot (10), Lezoux (63), Bassens (33), Sète (34), and 3 warehouses for storing oilseed meal in Pagny-la-Ville (21), Sète (34) and Tarragona (Spain).

Saipol also produces biodiesel and vegetable glycerin in the Montoir-de-Bretagne (44) industrial plant owned by Diester Industrie Atlantique.

Since July 2010, Saipol has established its presence in Romania through its subsidiary Expur, and has a reprepresentative office in Ukraine, in Kiev.

Commercial offices are located at the headquarters of Saipol in Grand-Couronne (76) and in Barcelona, Spain (subsidiary Saipol Méditerranée).