L.D.C. SA | Introduction
Introduction
ZI Saint-Laurent
72302 Sablé-sur-Sarthe Cedex
France
Telephone: (+33) 2 43 62 70 00
Fax: (+33) 2 43 92 34 18
Web site: http://www.ldc.fr
Public Company
Incorporated: 1968
Employees: 9,460
Sales: EUR 1.51 billion (2002)
Stock Exchanges: Euronext Paris
Ticker Symbol: LOUP
NAIC: 311615 Poultry Processing
L.D.C. S.A. (also Groupe LDC or LDC) is France's leading poultry processor, and one of the European top three. L.D.C. produces fresh poultry products—primarily chicken, turkey, duck, but also goose and pheasant—under the Fermiers de Loué, Poulet de Bresse, Poulet d'Ardeche, and Le Gascogne brand names. The company also sells unlabeled poultry and poultry cuts. At the same time, L.D.C. is also a leading producer of poultry-based processed foods, primarily under the Le Gaulois brand name. In a move toward vertical integration, L.D.C. acquired control of Huttepain, a leading producer of poultry and poultry feed and related products. Since the 1990s the company has also diversified into the catering and restaurant sector, producing a line of fresh and prepared foods under the La Toque Angevine and other brand names, and is one of the leading French producers of Asian-style prepared foods through its Chiplong brand. Listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange, L.D.C. remains controlled by the founding Lambert (42 percent) and Chancereul (18.5 percent) families. In 2002, L.D.C.'s revenues topped EUR 1.5 billion.