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Royal Avebe is an ingredient supplier and the potato is our raw product. We produce potato starch and potato protein. To get the most out of the potato, we are always looking for innovative solutions and products. Royal Avebe is a cooperative of more than 2,000 arable farmers in the Netherlands and Germany. Each year, the starch potatoes of those members are processed into high-grade ingredients based on potato starch and protein; they add value to food products but also to industrial applications worldwide. Avebe works continuously on developing new opportunities and applications based on starch potatoes and is focused on sustainable continuity. The company has more than 1,300 employees and production sites in the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden and sales offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. The Head Office is in Veendam and Avebe has an innovation center on the Zernike campus in Groningen. Avebe employs employees with different backgrounds such as Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, (Technical) Business Administration, Logistics, Supply Chain and Operations Management and Mechanical Engineering, but also Finance and various directions within IT are well represented in the company. More information about Avebe can be obtained at: www.avebe.com. Also take a look at our vacant positions on our careers website Careers at Royal Avebe. Do you want to know more about Avebe? Feel free to contact Marloes Noordkamp (Talent Acquisition Specialist) via +316 295 952 84 or Marloes.Noordkamp@AVEBE.com

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At BASF, we create chemistry. Our portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products and crop protection products to oil and gas. As the world’s leading chemical company, we combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Through science and innovation, we enable our customers in nearly every industry to meet the current and future needs of society. Our products and solutions contribute to conserving resources, ensuring nutrition and improving quality of life. We have summed up this contribution in our corporate purpose: We create chemistry for a sustainable future.

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Do you have to leave the North to find a job? Absolutely not! There are many possibilities, especially in the field of green chemistry. Chemport Europe is collaboration between companies, knowledge institutions and government, with a clear, common goal: to achieve a sustainable, CO2-neutral chemical industry, and to maintain and expand business activities. Chemport unites parties that are committed to green chemistry in the North and supports them in their growth.

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Kisuma Chemicals manufactures synthetic magnesium compounds in Veendam, the Netherlands. Our Hydrotalcite and Magnesium Hydroxide products are used as acid scavengers and magnesium hydroxide by polymer production and processing industries around the world. To introduce new products for existing and new applications, we cooperate closely with customers, universities and research institutes. Magnesium is central in our Mission and Vision, but we are technically and commercially interested in all layered double hydroxides.

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Do you dream of breaking records? Sending a spacecraft to Mars? Being part of a team securing the renewable energy revolution? This is the real experience of employees at Teijin Aramid, and it’s just the start.

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