Roquette Frères

Roquette
Company type	Private
Industry	Food; Pharmaceutical; Biochemical; Animal Nutrition
Incorporated	France
Founded	1 January 1957
Headquarters	Lestrem, France
Number of locations	30 Establishments (18 production sites and 12 offices) to be updated for 2012
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Dominique Roquette; (Associate Founder); Germain Roquette; (Associate Founder)
Products	Products List Sugars; Starch Products; Polyols (Sugar alcohols); Derivatives of Fermentation; Proteins and Their Derivatives; Fibers and Oils; Bio-ethanol; Dietary Fibers; Fine Chemistry Products;
Website	Roquette Corporate

Roquette is a French-based family owned company which produces more than 650 by-products from the starch extracted from corn, wheat, potatoes and peas. Founded and headquartered in Lestrem, France in 1933 by the brothers Dominique and Germain Roquette, Roquette has grown to become the leader in starch production in Europe and the number four ranked producer of starch worldwide. It is also the leader in the production of Polyols worldwide (substances derived from food compounds). Roquette employs more than 8,360 people globally and achieved a turnover of over 2,5 billion euros in 2011.