FILE PHOTO: Exterior view shows the factory of Avril Group subsidiary Saipol, where biodiesel under the Diester brand and vegetable glycerin used for numerous industrial applications are manufactured, in Bassens, near Bordeaux, France February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo
“We want to concentrate all our resources on plant processing - we believe that this is our core business and this it is where we have strength,” he said. Already, last year Avril formed a joint venture with Dutch nutrition company Royal DSM to produce around 5,000 tonnes rapeseed-based protein for the food industry in Dieppe in northern France from 2022.