Processing industries
 

31 % of turnover

 
  Employees : 780
 
Capacity of processing industries
Malting
600,000 T
Animal feed
422,000 T
Flour milling
130,000 T
Oilseed crushing
100,000 T
Seeds
50,000 T

Processing industries
turnover per activity
Malting
51 %
Animal feed
and poultry farming
38 %
Flour milling
10 %
Bakery
1 %

Biofuels
Ethanol from wheat
Epis-Centre invested jointly with Tereos in an ethanol plant in Lillebonne, near Le Havre (France).
Production started in summer 2007 with a yearly capacity of 2.8 million hectolitres.
Biodiesel, Diester
Depuis 1992, Epis-Centre développe les débouchés non alimentaires du colza et du tournesol, notamment en matière d'énergie, avec le Diester.
Oilseed crushing

Epis-Centre has a financial interest in the oilseed sector (Soprol).
Food : Lesieur and Puget
Energy : Diester industry
Shareholdings in Auvergne Trituration (63), C22 and Fidicoop.



Animal feed
 


  650,000 tons of feed and eleven production companies in the Centre and Auvergne regions of France :
- THIVAT Nutrition Animale SAS
- BOULET SAS
- THOREAU SAS
- BLANC SARL
- AGRALYS Aliments SAS

- Thivat Sud
- Phytosynthe


Commercial brands :

Tellus
, Sombac, Thoreau, Blanc, Agralys Aliments.

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Poultry farming
 
 
FORCE CENTRE SAS
Production of poultries label, bio and standard.
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Flour Milling
 
CANTIN MEUNERIE
A regional group with 4 mills grinding
130,000 tons of wheat per year.
The flour is sold in the domestic market.
The mills produce flour for the "Banette" (high quality) and "Francine" (bagged flour).

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Malting
 
BOORTMALT
www.boortmalt.com
Total capacity 600,000 T.
530,000 tons malt marketed.
The sales are distributed between the various continents : South and Central America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
- Antwerp(Belgium - 240,000 T).
- Issoudun (France - 150,000 T)
- Slavonija Slad (Croatia - 60,000 T)
- Dunanjvaros (Hungary - 60,000 T)
- Beijing (China - 50,000 T)


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Seed activities of Boortmalt PPK
PPK Seeds at Nova Gradiska, product recent barleys varieties, adapted to this geographical area, but also adaptated at the request of the local beer-making.
PPK Seeds makes safe the provisioning of malt factory.
Bakery
3 companies
- Fournil St Bonnet (18)
- Fournil de Camille (36)
- Miche Roannaise (42)