Sugar refinery of Tienen [SEP] inception
in Longchamps (16,500 tons of beets per day).
History.
The sugar beet industry in Europe and Belgium has its roots in the Continental System of Napoleon I in his struggle against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during the Napoleonic Wars. Sugar from sugar beets was increasingly used as an alternative for sugarcane, when in 1807 the British began a blockade of France, which prevented the import of sugarcane from the Caribbean.
The Sugar refinery of Tienen itself was founded in 1836 and in the early years
Sugar refinery of Tienen
The Sugar refinery of Tienen (Dutch: Tiense Suikerraffinaderij - French: "Raffinerie Tirlemontoise"), a subsidiary of "Raffinerie Tirlemontoise Group" (RT Group), is a Belgian sugar producing company. The company whose headquarters is located in Tienen (Belgium) has four business units: sugar activities, Orafti, Surafti and PPE, which together employ more than 1,800 people.
The company operates two sugar refineries in Belgium: Tienen (12,500 tons of beets per day) and Wanze with refinerie