Group Presentation

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Solina creates solutions for tomorrow’s food

40 years of History and Experience of Ingredients based solutions for Food

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We create solutions for tomorrow’s food

For 40 years many teams have merged to create the new Solina Group throughout Europe, Asia and Middle East

To form one of the major players in the global food market, servicing the Industry (BtoB) markets as well as the Food Service markets (traditional butchers,

modern distribution, hotel and restaurant chains)

Servicing the Food Industry and the Professionals

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We service the food industry with ingredients solutions, regulatory, application, marketing and R&D support

Meat, ready-meal, snack, savoury productsFonds, extracts, functional ingredients, spices, coatings, flavors, sauces and marinades

We service the food service professionals with customer support, logistics and dynamic product ranges

Butchers, horeca, catering, in store butchers, large kitchensReady to use spice blends, sauces, stocks and culinary aids, marinades, functional blends

We create finished nutritional concepts

Nutricosmetic distributionDietary supplements, sports products, protein diet and slimming, beauty concepts

We create solutions for tomorrow’s food

Offering a Unique combination of 3 Expertises

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We believe the combination of our 3 expertises is unique

From meat applications to ready-meal ingredients, from preservatives and color stabilizers to flavored oils and coatings, from dietery finished products to low carb-high protein food supplements and more

Solina Group provides the ideal solution for its customers’ specific needs and problems

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mized solution

Functional solutions Nutritional solutions

We create solutions for tomorrow’s food

Taste & Visual solutions

Solina’s Mission

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As partnerswe are available for our customers at all time.

As expertswe design innovative technology and give application advice.

Together we build a long term relationship and a sustainable business.

Partners

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Local proximityWe want to stay close and focus on local contacts and assistance to all our

customers. Solina Group is a local service organisation with application and

service centers all over Europe.

Responsive and all-time serviceWe are organized to serve our customers around the clock.

Our back offices guarantee quick and responsive follow-up of sampling,

order processing, data sheets and application advice.

Customized solutionsWe always look for the best possible solution together with our

customers - the standard for us is customization for all Industrial

customers - specific solutions for specific requests.

As Partners, we are available for our customers at all time

Expertise through R&D

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As Experts, we design innovative technology and give application advice

8 R&D centresOur R&D teams are active in many countries in Europe to answer customers’s

questions and requirements. There are 3 master R&D labs in France, Belgium,

The Netherlands and local R&D labs in UK, Sweden, Denmark, Thailand and

Russia.

Exchanging knowledgeWe have built a combination of R&D teams working together, exchanging

ideas and knowledge so that within Solina group ‘creativity’ is given a new

dimension: Professional chefs, food flavorists, food technologists,

technical engineers, scientists etc.

Meatplatform = 50 experts dedicated to meat businessOur European Meatplatform gathers engineers, meat specialists, food

technologists to create new technologies, services and applications

specifically dedicated to the world of Meat applications

( meat, poultry, fish, vegetarian etc. )

Market research

CUSTOMER NEEDS

Trend analyses

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2.Ingredients monitoring

CONCEPT CREATION

Regulatory

Recipe

TESTING

Formulation

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4.CUSTOMER

APPLICATION

PRESENTATION

Close cooperations

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Customer relationshipWe consider our relationship with customers on a larger scale, with the intention

to turn every customized project into a long term relationship.

Invest for the long term = upstream R&DThrough long term research programs with external universities

or research centres, Solina looks ahead for the ‘ideas and food

products’ of the day after tomorrow.

Meatic program is a major R&D initiative in France and

various Flanders Food (Nitrilow, Psychrolab, …) projects

are held in Belgium (Gent) in cooperation with the Uni-

versity of Gent, Leuven and Brussels. Bilateral coopera-

tion with the University of Leuven. Tetra-IWT projects

with University Gent.

Together we build a long term relationship and a sustainable business

Our values

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We are professionals in savory and nutritional food application

We are passionate and entrepreneurial

We have a sense of social responsibility

We always strive to exceed client expectations

We are professionals

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Food safety management & quality system:

Each Solina production site is certified by an international Quality Standard, depending on the business profile and the local customers. The implementation of hazards control based standard HACCP Methods - Prerequisite program on good Manufacturing & hygiene practice.

ISO 22000 - BRC STANDARD - SKAL - IFS CERTIFICATION - FSSC 22000

Quality specialists for technical & regulatory advice:

a team of experts in regulation & technical documents.• information monitoring about regulatory changes.• accuracy and reliability of technical data sheets.• technical assistance in labeling.•

Quality tools for traceability & information access:

a complete IT system designed to provide:

transparency and reliability of the information during the approval • process of ingredients and suppliers and total upstream & downstream traceability of our products.SAF – Food Safety & Formulation•quick access to food safety documentation, quality control, • plan results & traceability.data archiving.•

Religious certification:

Solina has Halal dedicated sites for specific markets.

We are professionals

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Production sites and logistic bases

Corporate HQ - FranceFranceBréal-sous-Montfort, Goussainville, Weyersheim, Manziat

BelgiumEke, Eupen, Izegem

The NetherlandsRotterdam, Nieuw-Vennep

DenmarkStilling

SwedenMalmö

UKFlintshire

ChinaShanghai

ThailandBangkok

SpainBarcelona

We are professionals

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Sales & R&D centres

Denmark

The Netherlands

France

Belgium

Sweden

China

Thailand

Turkey

Russia

Germany Poland

Romania

FranceBréal-sous-Montfort, GoussainvilleWeyersheim, Aix-en-Provence, Manziat

BelgiumEke, Eupen, Izegem

The NetherlandsRotterdam, Nieuw-Vennep

GermanyBonn

DenmarkHörsholm, Stilling

SwedenMalmö

PolandZieloniki, Gdansk

TurkeyIzmir

RomaniaBucharest

RussiaMoscow

Italy

Spain

ItalyMilan

UK

We are passionate and entrepreneurial

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Worldwide operationsWe currently have operations in West-Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle-East

and Asia resulting in sales in more than 75 different countries. Our current

turnover reaches 255 million Euros per year

Over 18,000 customersFor now 18,000 customers all over the world are being serviced by Solina

Group, yet we are still able to be a local partner with a high level of

service

800 peopleAbout 800 people within the Solina Group take care of our customers. They

are passionate about food and they have a constant drive to discover and

to develop new technology and knowledge. They carry out a strong willing-

ness to increase our customers service level

We have a sense of social responsibility

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Corporate social responsibility & sustainabilityThe concept of sustainable development characterizes SOLINA who wishes to work in the long run by giving equal importance to human priorities

as well as economic priorities. Our concrete and unifying commitments:

Pro active employees – SOL’N School• :

To support and enhance its development, in 2013 Solina set up SOL’N School

to enable and strengthen the skills of all employees. Two training programs

have been created; the first one to make project management more fluid

in the Group and a second one to enhance management skills and encour-

age efficiency within the group.

Societal commitments Environmental impact Investment in research• :

Solina’s expertise and ability to innovate are combined in the development of

solutions that respect the environment: --> Research project Meatic for the

development of clean label solutions in meat products

Waste stream initiatives: •

In Belgium special programs are started to minimize waste stream in collabora-

tion with OVAM ( Belgian authorities )

Environment initiatives: •

Our site in Sweden is certified with ISO14001 environment

The Gene Therapy Foundation:•

Solina is really proud of their support to the Gene Therapy Foundation

which it has supported for the last 9 years in Research for treatment

of rare diseases. Recent results are fabulous and are encouraging to

pursue our financing commitment for the next 5 years.

Management

We always strive to exceed client expectations

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The true strength of Solina Group is the unique synergy between its extended knowledge and experience and its local, proactive customer approach

We are able to serve all of our customers with the highest level of service and accuracy and to offer the most customized solutions at the same time

Therefore, as a partner and as experts, we always try to exceed customer expectations!

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