The French food group Sucden has acquired a company in the Penza region

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AK&M 03 November 2026 15:31

The newly created Penza company Agro Eco Mokshan LLC came under the control of the French Sucden group. Such data is contained in the HONEST BUSINESS information system. The former owner, a company with Turkish participation Agro Eco LLC, withdrew from the capital of the project.

Initially, Agro Eco Mokshan LLC was established in January 2024 with a stated field of activity - the purchase and sale of its own real estate. Three months after registration, the founder, half owned by a Turkish citizen, increased the authorized capital of the project from 10 thousand rubles to 390 million rubles.

It should be noted that six years before the sale of Agro Eco Mokshan, Agro Eco LLC built the first modern grain storage facility in the Moksha district of the Penza region for 1.5 thousand tons. On the balance sheet of the enterprise at the end of 2023, the elevator and other fixed assets were estimated at 274 million rubles.

At the same time, the new owner of the Penza company, LLC Agrofirma Yeletsky, is controlled by the French Sucden group (S&D). According to the publication Agroinvestor Sucden has been operating in Russia since 1991. In the mid-1990s, she began investing in the development of the sugar beet industry by buying bankrupt sugar factories. In Russia, the company owns Dobrinsky (Lipetsk region), Kamensky (Penza region) and Tbilisi (Krasnodar Territory) sugar factories. In the early 2000s, the company began to develop the agricultural sector. Its structure includes three enterprises in the regions where the plants operate, their total land bank is about 180 thousand hectares. In addition to sugar beet, the concern is engaged in the cultivation of cereals and sunflowers.

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