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The company
- Turnover 2017
- 49 M€
- Employees
- 45
- National locations
- 4 / Head office in Maisons-Laffitte (78)
- Seed
production - 47% of turnover
- Seed
distribution - 38% of turnover
- Distribution of
fertiliser by-products - 15% of turnover
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- Services
- Technology
- Investment
3 seed stations
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- Spreading of risks
- Early availibility
- Diversity
6 major regions of production
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- Development
5000 ha
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- Know-how
- Independance
- Specialists
500 Seed growers
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- Expertise
- Teamwork
- Talents
- Multi-species seed-production
Trials, nurseries, hybrid seeds
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- Flexibility
- Openness
- Responsiveness
- Partnerships
with major international breeders
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- Teamwork
- Customer proximity
- Advice
- Availibility
- Commercial presence
throughout the territory
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- Growth
- Quality
- Energy
3rddistributor of sugar beet seeds -15% marketshare
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- Seed market
- expertise
1stDistributor of hybrid rye seeds-60% marketshare
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- Ambition
- Innovation
- Major player
in the cover crop market
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- Diversification
- Opening of the range
to new species : sunflower, wheat, soya, chickpea
- Range
of mineral, organic and organic-mineral modifiers and fertilisers
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- Study
- Sourcing
- Identification
of potential industrial partners
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- Innovation
- Evaluation
- Design and formulation
of products
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- trust
- Quality
- Compliance with
the highest standards
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- Competence
- Efficiency
- Management
of the entire supply chain
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- Service
- Partnerships
for field application
- 1848
- 1860
- 1920
- The period between the two world wars
- 1954
- 1955
- 1960
- 1976
- Late 70s
- 1981
- 1982
- Late 80s
- 1987
- 1991-1997
- 2002
- 2003
- 2008
- 2010
- 2012
- 2014
- 2015
- 2015
- 2018
- 2018
Our history
Deleplanque & Cie :
170 years of family history
1848
The Deleplanque family starts manufacturing sugar
Sugar tongs
François-Auguste Deleplanque, sugar manufacturer
The Deleplanque sugar factory in Moncheaux in the North (59) runs from 1847 to 1855
Compressed sugar beet pulp
1860
François-Auguste Deleplanque settles in St Quentin, Aisne (02)
This is the beginning of the brokerage and trading of sugar, molasses and pulp, and of coal for supplying sugar factories with energy
Maison Deleplanque, at 27 rue de la République (1917-1925)
1920
After the war, the Deleplanque company resumed its activities in Maisons-Laffitte, in Yvelines (78)
Pierre-Léon Deleplanque runs the company
Odette Deleplanque
The period between the two world wars
The period between the two wars marks the birth of the seed activity
Pierre Deleplanque
Pierre Deleplanque starts multiplying and distributing sugarbeet seeds
"Advertising for Poly, sugarbeet variety"
1954
Deleplanque partners with German breeder Strube
Packaging of sugarbeet seeds in the 50s
Deleplanque becomes exclusive distributor of Strube sugarbeet genetics
Lierville site
1955
The production of sugarbeet seeds is restarting
A production site is born in Lierville, in the Loir et Cher (41)
Spreading of vinasse
1960
The distribution of by-products, as fertiliser, is launched
These are liquid and solid by-products from the sugar industry
Gérard and Jean-Pierre Deleplanque
1976
Gérard and Jean-Pierre Deleplanque take over the family business.
Advertisements of emblematic sugarbeet varieties
Late
70s
The production and marketing of monogerm sugarbeet seed is booming
Visiting a sugarbeet seed production in Beauce (41) - 1977
La Loubière site, in Manosque
1981
The seed station of Manosque,
in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), open its doors
The region provides a perfect answer to the requirements of sugar beet seed production
Loading big bags of seeds for Germany
Visit to a sugarbeetseed-production field
Harvesting of a test plot in Bouy (51)
1982
The company develops and oversees Strube’s field trials in France
Visit to a hybrid rye seed production
Late
80s
A new milestone is set, with diversification towards other species
1987
The company signs an exclusive contract with the German breeder Hybro,
for the production and marketing of hybrid rye seed
Visiting greenhouses at Hybro
It creates and develops the hybrid rye market in France
Sugar factory in Russia
1991-1997
Export activities are exploding,, with the development of a business flow towards the countries of the former USSR.
Dobrinsky sugar factory beet yard
The company passes the milestone of 40 employees
2002
Sugar beet nurseries are implemented successfully in Brittany
Visiting nurseries in Brittany
This is a first in this region
Inspection of a sugarbeetseed-production field near Melle
2003
A new region of production is born in Deux-Sèvres (79)
The first sugarbeet seed productions are located around Niort
Hybrid rapeseed production in Landes (40)
2008
The Deleplanque company is developing a new production area in Landes
This region is particularly dedicated to the production of hybrid rapeseed
2010
Deleplanque and Strube, partners for 60 years
Dr Hermann Strube and Jean-Pierre Deleplanque
2012
Spring rapeseed is produced in Brittany and Picardy
Visiting the production crops in Brittany, with the breeder
Villefollet site (79)
2014
The brand new seed station of Villefollet, in Deux-Sèvres (79), is inaugurated
2015
Eric Verjux becomes CEO of Deleplanque & Cie
Eric Verjux and Gérard Deleplanque
Vining pea seed multiplication in Villefollet (79)
Spinach seed-bearing plants
2015
The company embarks on the production of vegetable seeds
Within 2 years, the activity spreads to all our production areas
Maîtrise de toute la chaîne de valeur
Avril
2018
Deleplanque acquiert le sélectionneur
allemand Strube à hauteur de 60%
Strube : un groupe international,
15 filiales, une sélection en betterave,
tournesol, blé tendre et potagères
Une capacité de stockage de 2000 tonnes
Une chaine complète avec trieur optique
Été
2018
Après 10 mois de travaux,
la station de triage de Villefollet démarre son activité
Process complet de la semence, du champ à la certification
Ligne agréée semences BIO - Laboratoire reconnu GNIS