Cargill has been active in Belgium since 1953 and now has over 1,000 employees in ten
locations in the country — Antwerp (two locations), Izegem (two locations), Ghent, Herent,
Vilvoorde, Mechelen, Moeskroen and Zwijnaarde. We have a unique position as a high volume processor of rapeseed and soybeans in the country.

Cargill activities in Belgium
Grain and oilseed trading Oilseed crushing, refining, bottling and hardening Malt production Industrial chocolate Sweeteners and starches	Food and feed ingredients sales Specialty food ingredients including texturizers Research and development Lecithin and protein sales

Cargill investments in Belgium

• 2008 - Cargill finished construction of the biodiesel plant and the conversion of the soyabena crush plant and construction of the vegetable oil refinery in Ghent.
• 2006 – Acquired Degussa's food ingredients business plants.
• 2006 – Announced our intention to form a joint venture with Bioro and Vanden Avenne
  Izegem to construct a 200,000 tonne biodiesel plant in Ghent. We also intend to construct a
  new 300,000 ton vegetable oil refinery and convert our existing soybean crush plant into a
  multi-crush plant based on both soybeans and rapeseed.
• 2005 – Announced significant investments at our Moeskroen industrial chocolate facility.
• 2005 – Announced significant investments at our Izegem facility to boost the production
  capacity of liquid and tropical oils.
• 2003 – Opened a new office in Mechelen, which becomes the new Cerestar head office.
• 2002 – Acquired the remaining 50 percent of the shares in Associated Oil Packer's bottled oils
  business from Vandemoortele.
• 2002 – Acquired Cerestar, a leading provider of starch and starch derivatives — the largest
  acquisition in Cargill's history. This acquisition included Cerestar's research and development
  laboratory in Vilvoorde.