Strategy

Tessenderlo Group's global business strategy can be summarised as follows:

• Take leading market positions in niche markets

• Increase the share of specialty activities  to 70 % of revenue by 2012. In order to do so we will:

  • Focus on businesses that combine services and valorisation of by-products (TKI, Water Treatment, Akiolis)

  • Strengthen our gelatin activity's top-three position in the world

  • Develop our Plastic Pipe Systems activity in Europe

•  Increase profitability on a continuous base

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• Achieve a return on capital employed (ROCE) of minimum 12 % in all businesses by 2012

• Favour alliances wherever they can increase competitiveness of our commodity businesses