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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
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1848
The Deleplanque family starts manufacturing sugar
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Sugar tongs
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François-Auguste Deleplanque, sugar manufacturer
The Deleplanque sugar factory in Moncheaux in the North (59) runs from 1847 to 1855
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Compressed sugar beet pulp
1860
François-Auguste Deleplanque settles in St Quentin, Aisne (02)
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This is the beginning of the brokerage and trading of sugar, molasses and pulp, and of coal for supplying sugar factories with energy
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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)
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Pierre-Léon Deleplanque runs the company
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Odette Deleplanque
The period between the two world wars
The period between the two wars marks the birth of the seed activity
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Pierre Deleplanque
Pierre Deleplanque starts multiplying and distributing sugarbeet seeds
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"Advertising for Poly, sugarbeet variety"
1954
Deleplanque partners with German breeder Strube
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Packaging of sugarbeet seeds in the 50s
Deleplanque becomes exclusive distributor of Strube sugarbeet genetics
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Lierville site
1955
The production of sugarbeet seeds is restarting
A production site is born in Lierville, in the Loir et Cher (41)
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Spreading of vinasse
1960
The distribution of by-products, as fertiliser, is launched
These are liquid and solid by-products from the sugar industry
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Gérard and Jean-Pierre Deleplanque
1976
Gérard and Jean-Pierre Deleplanque take over the family business.
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Advertisements of emblematic sugarbeet varieties
Late
70s
The production and marketing of monogerm sugarbeet seed is booming
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Visiting a sugarbeet seed production in Beauce (41) - 1977
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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
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Loading big bags of seeds for Germany
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Visit to a sugarbeetseed-production field
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Harvesting of a test plot in Bouy (51)
1982
The company develops and oversees Strube’s field trials in France
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Visit to a hybrid rye seed production
Late
80s
A new milestone is set, with diversification towards other species
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1987
The company signs an exclusive contract with the German breeder Hybro,
for the production and marketing of hybrid rye seed
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Visiting greenhouses at Hybro
It creates and develops the hybrid rye market in France
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Sugar factory in Russia
1991-1997
Export activities are exploding,, with the development of a business flow towards the countries of the former USSR.
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Dobrinsky sugar factory beet yard
The company passes the milestone of 40 employees
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2002
Sugar beet nurseries are implemented successfully in Brittany
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Visiting nurseries in Brittany
This is a first in this region
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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
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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
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Dr Hermann Strube and Jean-Pierre Deleplanque
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2012
Spring rapeseed is produced in Brittany and Picardy
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Visiting the production crops in Brittany, with the breeder
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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
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Eric Verjux and Gérard Deleplanque
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Vining pea seed multiplication in Villefollet (79)
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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
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Maîtrise de toute la chaîne de valeur
Avril
2018
Deleplanque acquiert le sélectionneur
allemand Strube à hauteur de 60%
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Strube : un groupe international,
15 filiales, une sélection en betterave,
tournesol, blé tendre et potagères
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Une capacité de stockage de 2000 tonnes
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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