LOUIS DREYFUS HOLDING B.V. Overview
Company Headquarters: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Founded: 1851
Workforce: ~18,000
Company Working: Louis Dreyfus Holding B.V. (LDC) is a global merchant and processor of agricultural products. The company works through the entire value chain from farming to distribution across a broad range of business lines including grains & oilseeds, coffee, cotton, sugar, rice, and juice. The juice business platform includes orange, grapefruit, lime, lemon, and apple juice. LDC has reorganized its business line into two groups value-chain segments including juice, grains, oilseeds and merchandising segment comprising coffee, cotton, rice and dairy. The company owns more than 30,000 hectares of citrus growers, seven state-of-the-art facilities in Brazil, China, and the US that handle concentrate as well as not from concentrate (NOF) products. The total of 29 LDC farms are certified by the Rainforest Alliance and 23 farms validated as SAI Platform Gold Grade.
The company marks presence in North Asia, Europe, the Middle East & Africa, North America, South & West Latin America, North Latin America, and South & Southeast Asia.
Strategy
LDC is focusing on four strategies including strengthening of trading activity, integrating vertically, diversifying revenue streams through value-added segments, and innovating through long-term partnerships with key industry players. Moreover, the company aims at reducing costs and using innovative technologies for product development to increase profit margins. The company is working on expanding its apple juice concentrate business across China and Poland. It is also working on regional expansion and catering to emerging markets through acquisitions. The company plans to enter the food and nutrition sector in the near future.
