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COMPANY INFORMATION

• Founded in 1989
• Listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange
• Employees: 10,636 (av. 30 April 2006)
• Revenue: DKK 20.9 billion (2005/06)
• International presence: Some 46 countries
• Headquarters: Copenhagen, Denmark
  
  With 10,500 employees in more than 40 countries, Danisco is one of the world's leading suppliers of food ingredients, sugar and industrial bioproducts.
  
  Based on our technology platform we use nature's own raw materials and resources to develop and produce ingredients for food and other products used in everyday life.
  
  Danisco ingredients are used in about every second ice cream and cheese, every third box of detergent and every fourth loaf of bread produced globally.
  
  Danisco ingredients based on food technology and biotechnology are also used in other consumer products - from feed and toothpaste to biofuel and plastics. Throughout the value chain, sustainability is integrated in Danisco's way of doing business.
  
  Danisco is also one of the largest and most efficient sugar producers in Europe

CAREERS

High ethical standards
Working at Danisco means working in a company with a clear strategy and ambitious objectives and a commitment to strong corporate values and high ethical standards. We believe in good and long-lasting relations with all of our important stakeholders: our shareholders, employees, customers, suppliers and the communities in which we operate.

Enthusiastic colleagues and motivating managers
Working at Danisco means spending your working day among enthusiastic and talented colleagues and working together with inspiring and motivating managers. We want to maintain and develop a challenging and rewarding working environment for our employees.

Personal and professional development
Working at Danisco means opportunities for personal and professional development. Through continuous dialogue between you and your superior we want to be certain that your job remains challenging and interesting. On-the-job training, education, internal recruitment and postings abroad are some of the tools that we use to reach our goal.

Competitive compensation
Working at Danisco also means receiving competitive compensation for your efforts. We continuously evaluate the job and its responsibilities combined with performance, and we put together a competitive compensation package in the form of salaries, bonuses, various kinds of benefits, employee shares, share options etc. that match your qualifications and position.

Danisco wants to attract, develop and retain people with the talents and skills that enable us to have the right person in the right job at the right time.

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Product range
Danisco offers a comprehensive range of ingredients for the food industry and other industrial sectors, for example the feed and plastics industries. Our extensive range of ingredients is characterised by its flexibility, ironing out variations in production processes and raw material quality and contributing to the high quality products that manufacturers require.

Based on our profound knowledge of ingredients, we offer a global understanding combined with strong local expertise in the development of the innovative and competitive solutions our customers need.

Being focused on the food industry, but also selling solutions to other industries, we can cross-fertilise our expertise in different domains and provide more creative solutions. Our way to create value for our customers is to be focused, but open-minded, so that we can provide the best solutions to our customers through our range of products.