Roquette Frères Overview
Company Headquarters: Lestrem, France
Founded: 1933
Workforce: ~8,360
Company Working: Roquette Frères is a family-owned business, with leadership in plant-based ingredients across the globe. The company has got expertise in plant-based proteins and is also a foremost provider of excipients for pharmaceutical products. Roquette Frères currently runs its business in more than 100 nations, across the globe, and has a skilled workforce who works continuously to achieve the goals and missions of the company. The company focused its business on “Life and nature”. The raw materials offered by the company are sourced naturally. The company has a diversified range of plant protein portfolio; it offers various solutions for the pharmaceutical industry that has a major role in bio-medical treatments. Moreover, the company also develops novel ingredients for the food, health, and nutrition industry. Roquette Frères reveals the ability of nature to enhance, save lives, and cure individuals. The company produces wheat starch and gluten in Lithuania, it also offers starches from various raw materials such as maize, potatoes, waxy maize, peas, and tapioca, along with wheat glucose syrups food and beverage industry. Moreover, the protein-enriched products obtained during the production process have diversified applications in animal feed. The company has a presence in North America, Europe, and Asia-Oceania.
Strategy
Roquette Fereres engages in the #Food4Thought, a food innovation webinar series where the company’s resources from research & development and marketing help in understanding the food & beverage industry trends at dept which further helps in product innovation and launches. The company’s access to research and educational institutions plays a vital role in the success of the company’s operations and business. Further, the company’s long-term presence in India and its increasing investments in the region have made it to be part of the “Make in India” strategy which helps in a better business environment for the production of various products in the region including glucose syrup.
Further to enhance the distribution process and improve customer satisfaction, the company has collaborated with Knowde, a digital marketplace for clientele in the US who can order customized products and get them delivered in less than 10 business working days. This helps in new customer acquisition and experience.
