Our operations

Food & Industry

Production Units

Thanks to our know-how and recent significant investments Alco NCP, in Durban South-Africa, increased its production capacity to 85 million litres of alcohol from 50 million litres in the past. It is the largest producer of neutral grade alcohol in Africa and only producer of DDGS, a protein-rich animal feed.

Our second African installation, a joint-venture between Omnicane Ethanol and Alcogroup, is based in Mauritius and has an installed capacity of 25 million litres of ethanol from sugar cane molasses. Omnicane Ethanol is also certified as producer of fair trade ethanol.

Distribution

Alco is a major international distributor of specialised alcohols world-wide. Through its network of subsidiaries and affiliates spearheaded by Alcotra Europe, with headquarters in Brussels, and Alcotra, with headquarters in Geneva, Alco is present on 5 continents. Alco’s international distribution sells more than 850 million litres per year in vessels, barges, trains, trucks and tank containers throughout the world. With ample storage capacity, it guarantees timely delivery of approved quality ethanol to its hundreds of clients, whilst ensuring Logistics and Quality control from the producers to the customers gates.