• A.R.D.: Agro-industrie Recherches et DéveloppementsCreated in 1989, ARD is a mutualised research centre owned by farming cooperatives, whose mission is to find new commercial opportunities for large-scale crops while favouring biorefining's integrated approach. ARD has developed expertise in fractionation, biotechnologies, green chemistry, and the environment. ARD also coordinates and promotes the innovation platform B.R.I (Bioraffinerie Recherches et Innovations), accredited by the IAR competitive cluster and under contract with the DGCIS (French Department for Industrial and Service Competitiveness).

• BIOAMBER: Production of succinic acidDevelopment of a process for producing succinic acid and marketing of exploitation licenses.

• BIODEMO: Industrial biotechnology demonstration unit, coordinated and promoted by A.R.D with funding from the Region, the Department, and the ERDF.

• CHAMTOR: Glucose and starch productionProcessing factory that operates continuously, 24h/day; every year it processes 450,000 tonnes of wheat from the Champagne Ardenne region. It employs 200 people and generates a turnover of €180 M half of which is on export markets. Chamtor produces ingredients like glucose syrups, proteins, and starch, which are sold to food industry manufacturers as ingredients for drinks, biscuits, sweets, various bakery products, as well as certain meat products. Bran, gluten, and soluble wheat proteins are sold for animal feed, while fermentation substrate and native starch are used respectively for distilling in bioethanol production and in the paper/cardboard industry.

• CRISTAL UNION GROUP: Sugar production and distillationA cooperative company that represents approximately 30% of French beet production, Cristal Union federates nearly 10,000 farmer members and 2,200 employees on 15 production sites, including the Bazancourt sugar refinery and Cristanol. Cristal Union has two main business lines: - Sugar for industry and food (the Daddy and Erstein trademarks); - Alcohol and ethanol (perfumery, cosmetics, food, spirits, and fuel).With its two major distilleries (Arcis-sur-Aube and Cristanol), Cristal Union is the leader on the renewable energy market. A subsidiary of Cristal Union Group, the Cristanol distillery was born of a partnership between Bletanol and Cristal Union and is entirely dedicated to the production of food grade alcohol and ethanol from renewable plant energy in the form of beet and cereals.

• BIOMASS COGENERATION PLANT PROJECT: The production of 22 MW of electricity, the equivalent of the needs of a town with a population of 25,000 people. Production of steam for Chamtor and Cristanol. 75,000 tonnes of CO2 saved every year through the use of biomass (straw, wood, and biomass from silos).

• CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN WHITE BIOTECHNOLOGIES: Ecole Centrale Paris - AgroParisTech - Reims Management School

Research and training in industrial biotechnology processes.

• THE FUTUROL PROJECT: Procéthol 2GA pilot factory used to develop a production process for 2nd generation bioethanol, bringing together R&D players, industrial manufacturers, and financiers; all leaders in their areas of activity. Launched in 2008, this project boasts a budget of €76 million and is a network of over 100 researchers and 12 research centres.

• VIVESCIA : Wheat storage silosVIVESCIA is an innovative and successful agri-industrial group whose purpose is to meet the great changes facing agriculture: food supply, the economy, the environment, and society. Through its mastery of its business lines, from field to fork, VIVESCIA group offers sustainable agri-industrial solutions that create value for its members, thereby allowing them to increase their income while best meeting the needs of their customers and of society as a whole. With 12,000 members and 8000 employees focused on the same aim, VIVESCIA is a leading, diversified and international group: the number-one cereal cooperative in France, the world's leading maltster, one of the leaders of the European milling and frozen bakery industries, Europe's second biggest corn processor, and a world-renowned research centre (ARD) with 100 researchers. VIVESCIA group harvests around four million tonnes of cereals, oilseed, and high-protein crops every year. It owns 80 factories based on four continents. In 2011/2012, it generated a consolidated turnover of nearly four billion euros.

• SOLIANCE : Active cosmetic ingredientsBased on two French sites (Pomacle in the Marne department and Ile Grande in the Finistère department) Soliance designs, produces, and markets exclusively plant- and marine-based, bio-sourced active ingredients for the cosmetics industry. Soliance also has a subsidiary in North America (NJ) and a wide distribution network through its 28 partners worldwide. Its innovative nature resides in the creation of value from renewable raw materials through the mastery of advanced industrial technologies like biotechnologies, separation techniques, and green chemistry.

Competitiveness hub "Industries et Agro-Ressources" is at the heart of the Research and Development dynamics of the plant refining complex of Les Sohettes. www.iar-pole.com

des SohettesAgro-industrial complex

"Les Sohettes" industrial zoneBazancourt - Pomacle

POSITIONING AND SYNERGIES

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SUCRERIECOOPERATIVEDE BAZANCOURTSugar re�nement

CRISTANOLDistillery

CHAMTOR(VIVESCIA GROUP)Starch-Glucose Production

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Spreading basinCristal Union

VIVESCIAWheat storage silosCereal Cooperative

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RAW MATERIALS: WHEAT / BEET

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SYNERGIES

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RAW MATERIALS: WHEAT

RAW MATERIALS:BEET / CEREAL BASE

RAW MATERIALS:BEET

RAW MATERIALS:BIOMASS (WOOD, ETC.)

BIOMASSCOGENERATIONPLANT PROJECT Number of employees: 15

"Les Sohettes" industrial zoneBazancourt - Pomacle

POSITIONING AND SYNERGIES

BIOAMBERProduction of succinic acid

RAW MATERIALS:WHEAT / BEET BASE

RAW MATERIALS:BEET, CEREALS, ALFALFA, BIOMASS

A.R.D.Agro-industry Research and Development

Number of employees: 110Shareholders:Siclaé (53.20%), Cristal Union (17.82 %)CRCA (14.59 %), Chamtor (7.92 %),LRD (4.18 %), CRD (1.35 %) Unigrains (0.94%)

WHEATOLEOProduction of green surfactants

BIODEMO(A.R.D.)Industrial biotechnology demonstration unit

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Number of employees: 125Shareholders:Cristal Union (55 %)Bletanol (45 %)(Cereal Cooperative Union)

Number of employees: 307Shareholders:Cristal Union (100 %)

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WATER synergies : Condensate recovery50,000 m3 of excess condensate used by Chamtor during the last year. Advantage : Less draining of the water table and recovery of energy.

STEAM synergies Reciprocating steam recovery.Advantage : Increased reliability of industrial facilities.

EFFLUENTS synergies PURIFICATION - STORAGE - SPREADINGAdvantage : Overall agronomic mastery and approach.

PRODUITS synergies The products and coproducts of one are the raw materials of another.

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R&D synergiesResearch programmes decided in cooperation with A.R.D's agro-industrial shareholders.

ENERGY synergiesProduction of bioethanol from beet/wheat coproducts.* Energy synergies: Use of steam produced by cogeneraton** Energy synergies: Production of bioethanol

ORGANISATIONAL synergies As part of the I.A.R competitiveness hub the following organisational synergies have been implemented:Assistance for the construction and the exploitation of facilities and training programmes.

DRILLING synergies Production of untreated water.

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RAW MATERIALS:LARGE-SCALE, EXOTIC, AND MARINE CROPS

SOLIANCEActive cosmetic ingredients

Number of employees: 65Shareholders:ARD (95 %), employees (5 %)

WHITE BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTRE OF EXCELLENCEEcole Centrale Paris - AgroParisTech - Reims Management School

VIVESCIAWheat storage silos

FUTUROL PROJECT:(PROCETHOL 2G)2nd generation bioethanol pilot factory

RAW MATERIALS: DIVERSIFIED BIOMASS

Number of employees: 20 Shareholders:A.R.D., IFPEN, INRA, Lesa�re, CGB,VIVESCIA, Unigrains, C.A Nord Est, ONF, Tereos, Total

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AIR LIQUIDECO2 production plant