Our History. It has been an incredible journey from the
construction of modified starch reactors in the 1960s and our first
turnkey starch factory in Denmark in the late 1980s to today. Over fifty
production facilities have been established, producing native starches,
modified starches, and glucose. These cases highlight some of the steps
along this exciting path. We hope you will join us.
1968: Reactors for the wet-modification of starch
In Karup in 1968, the first Danish factory for the production of
wet-modified starches was inaugurated.
The reactors were made of Polypropylene (PP) and externally reinforced
with fiberglass.
The factory was later relocated to Brande and became part of a
significantly expanded production facility for modified starches.
1990: Potato Starch Factory Triples Production
Potato Starch Factory Triples Production After DKK 67 Million
Investment
The cooperative Potato Starch Factory in Southern Jutland, Toftlund,
has invested DKK 67 million in an expansion project that triples its
production capacity to over 200,000 tons, with an expected output of
150,000 tons this year. This significant investment allows the factory
to sell potato starch worth DKK 120-130 million.
The factory's expansion includes new reception and washing facilities,
extraction, refining, and drying systems, making it one of the most
modern and automated in the world. The project, designed in
collaboration with KMC Starch Engineering [now International Starch
Institute A/S] and Swedish inventor Gosta Larsson, also features an
energy-efficient natural gas-based drying system with a recovery unit.
The increased production necessitates a larger supplier base, now
involving 400 farmers, including a growing number from Germany, up
from the previous 200. The supplier network is expected to expand
further in the coming years.
This information is from an article published in the newspaper
Børsen on November 27, 1990.
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1996 Tianjin Tingfung Starch Development Co Ltd
The company is located in the Economic Development Zone Tianjin, 300000
China Tianjin Tingfung Starch Development Co. Ltd. manufactures and
distributes modified starch products. The Company applies its products to
instant foods, frozen foods, dairy products, dressings, and fried product
fields. Business began in 1996 and our company has supplied advanced
equipment and know-how from Denmark to manufacture various series of
modified starch and instant starch from native potato starch, native
tapioca starch, waxy maize starch and regular corn starch.
2001 Ayensu Starch to be the first in Ghana
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The starch was marketed by
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Ayensu Starch (ASCo)
Cassava starch plant to be the first in Ghana.
President John Kufuor established a working group
"Presidents Special Initiative (PSI)" to promote the agro-food
industry. We have just built the Redhill factory in South Africa as
the first modern cassava starch factory in Africa and PSI decided to
follow up on that success and introduce the same technology in Ghana.
The initiative was backed up by government, farmers, local banks and
others. From the Danish side Danida went in with a comprehensive
three-year training package. This package included, inter alia
approach to the use of effluent as fertilizer on farmland by land
spreading and methods to monitor fertilizer efficiency as well as any
nitrogen leakage to sub soil waters.
2006 Ekha Farms
Ekha FarmsLocated east of Lagos this factory is
dedicated to the production of glucose syrups from cassava roots.
2010 Swaziland
Swaziland Cassava.
This factory in Swaziland has a capacity of 4 tons of native starch
per hour. For the first time in the cassava industry, we introduced
efficient rotating drums for washing the roots in the same way as we
have used for decades for washing potatoes in our home market in
Denmark. Likewise, we used high-efficiency hydrocyclones to refine the
starch. The result was starch of high international quality.
2018 Crest Agro
Crest AgroThe factory is located in Nigeria and is
processing cassava to native starch.
2023 AKV
AKV Langholt
AKV Langholt is the northernmost of Denmark's four potato starch factories
and has approx. 185 members mainly resident in Vendsyssel and Himmerland.
AKV has its factory facilities at Langholt north of Aalborg. AKV Langholt
produces potato starch based on deliveries of potatoes from the factory's
members. The potatoes are delivered to the factory in the period September
to December, the so-called campaign period, during which potato starch is
produced around the clock.
In Karup in 1968, the first Danish factory for the production of
wet-modified starches was inaugurated.
