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Alan Vandenberghe ...
  • Guy Sips
  • Wim Hoste

Morning Note: AVTX NA, FLOB BB, SIOE BB, SLIGR NA

Avantium: FDCA plant investment decision delayed on COVID
Floridienne: Two divestments resulting in more focus
Sioen: € 23 per share Offer runs from 28-Jan to 18-Feb
Sligro: Despite the measures, FY20 is a tad below
Underlyings
Avantium NV

Avantium NV Formerly known as Avantium Holding BV. Avantium NV, formerly Avantium Holding BV, is a company based in the Netherlands engaged in environmental research and development (R&D). The Company develops chemical technologies and production processes to convert bio-based feedstock into sustainable products. The Company's business comprises three segments: Catalysis, Renewable Chemistries, and YXY. Catalysis segment provides catalysis R&D services and systems to chemical, refinery and energy companies, utilizing its Flowrence Technology Platform to devise the appropriate catalyst testing solutions. Renewable Chemistries is the development division with a portfolio of projects focusing on the conversion of biomass to chemical building blocks and plastic materials. The YXY segment comprises the activities of Syviana, the joint venture with BASF SE. The YXY technology is used to convert plant-based sugars into chemical building blocks for plastics, such as polymer polyethylenefuranoate (PEF), and other applications.

Floridienne S.A.

Floridienne SA is a Belgium-based company engaged in the chemicals, gourmet food and life sciences sectors. The Chemicals division is engaged in two areas: additives for plastics used for stabilizing Polyvinyl Chloride and fireproofing plastics, as well as the recycling of nickel-cadmium, nickel-metal hydride and lithium-ion batteries. The Life Sciences division is active in the production and marketing of natural technologies and products that offer green and sustainable alternatives in agriculture, hygiene products and healthcare, among others. The Life Sciences division also provides plant proteases and integrated pest management. The Gourmet Food division is engaged in the production and marketing of party and gourmet food products such as snails, scallops, stuffed shellfish, smoked salmon, seafood salads, aperitif snacks and ethnic dishes. The Gourmet Food division also operates in the field of special needs foods, such as for people with deglutition problems, among others.

Sioen Industries N.V.

Sioen Industries. Sioen Industries NV is a Belgium-based company with a portfolio of products and activities, such as spinning, weaving and coating, manufacturing of garments, production of chemicals and processing of technical textiles. The Company has three divisions: the Coating division, engaged in the production of a number of technical textiles, coated with various polymers and marketed in different markets; The Apparel division, engaged in the production of technical protective clothing active in a number of sectors, such as industry, leisure wear and specialized markets, as well as the Chemicals division engaged in the processing of basic raw materials into technical semi-finished products, such as pigment pastes, decorative inks, varnishes and inks for digital printing for a number of markets. It operates through Ursuit Group and Verseidag Ballistic Protection OY, UV Curable systems BVBA, James Dewhurst Group and Verseidag Ballistic Protection Oy.

Sligro Food Group N.V.

Sligro Food Group NV is a company engaged in the food distribution industry, based in the Netherlands. It divides its business into two segments: Food Retail activities comprise around 130 full-service EMTE supermarkets with 30 operated by independent retailers; Food Service offers nationwide network of cash and carry and delivery service outlets serving large and small-scale hospitality, establishments, leisure facilities, volume users, company and other caterers, forecourt retailers, small and medium-sized enterprises, smaller retail businesses and the institutional market. The Company serves the institutional market trading under the name Van Hoeckel and the other segments of the market as Sligro. The Company's subsidiaries include CaterTechBV and Bejaco NV, including its subsidiaries JAVA BVBA and Freshtrans BVBA, jointly known as JAVA Foodservice.

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Alan Vandenberghe

Guy Sips

Wim Hoste

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