Democratic Republic Of Congo
Created in 1869, the FINASUCRE group produces brown, blond, white and refined sugars from cane and beet, marketed in industry and large distribution. It also produces caramels and specialties. It sells renewable energy in the form of electricity. It produces alcohol, molasses, beet pulp and other animal feed products.
Through its subsidiary Galactic, FINASUCRE is a major producer of lactic acid and its derivatives, and conducts research into the production of biodegradable and recyclable plastics. The engineering and production of equipment for sugar mills completes the range of Finasucre's activities. The group has factories in Belgium, the Netherlands, Democratic Republic of Congo, Australia, China and the USA.
The group operates a concession of 11,700 hectares under sugar cane in the Democratic Republic of Congo and owns 14,700 hectares of farmland in Australia, as well as 4,900 hectares of land with development potential.
Created in 1925 in Kwilu-Ngongo (Democratic Republic of Congo), the Compagnie Sucrière (CSKN) is one of Finasucre's subsidiaries and is a semi-public company. where the Congolese state is a 40% partner. The country's only sugar producer, the company includes sugar cane plantations, a sugar mill and a distillery.
On the agronomic level, the compagnie sucrière has experienced declines in sales of sugar and alcohol in the DRC. Sugar sales decreased by 31%, or 69,378 tonnes of sugar sold in 2017, compared to 101,218 tonnes sold in 2016. In this period, all countries where Finasucre is active have experienced a decrease in sugar sales. In the DRC, this decrease is explained by climate change, the slowdown of the Congolese economy and increased commercial competition from officially and unofficially imported sugar.
To cope with the decline in turnover recorded since 2016, Compagnie Sucrière has requested AMSCO's intervention in the provision of expatriate staff, in order to achieve its development objectives, which are, among others, the improvement of its operations and the skills & capacities of its local staff.
Since June 2019, AMSCO has placed 13 experts of various nationalities, in the positions of deputy MD, CFO, Supply Chain Manager, Plant Manager etc... to execute this development plan and special emphasis has been placed on the transfer of skills and technologies to local staff.
AMSCO's intervention was in the following areas: