An additional added value: Risk management
In order to offer its customers new gains in added value, Malteurop now integrates intangible competencies such as risk management. Malteurop handles management of industrial risks, risks of interruption of supplies of raw materials, and financial risks related to the volatility of brewing-barley prices.
- To deal with the industrial risk of loss of capacity or intermittent increases in demand, Malteurop offers substitution solutions thanks to the optimized geographical distribution of its malting plants;
- To deal with the risk of interruption in the supply of raw materials, Malteurop’s supplies come directly from the growers, instead of through intermediaries, which makes it possible:
- to suit crops to each customer’s specifications;
- to ensure that necessary quantities and quality are available well upstream and have access to varied sources of supply – 85% of our barley supplies now come from supply programs developed by the Group;
- to optimize costs while establishing close and extensive agronomic collaboration with growers;
- To reduce the financial risks related to the increasing volatility of cereal-grain prices, and of malting barley in particular, and provide visibility for our customers regarding the evolution of prices, Malteurop makes use of different types of price contractualization (for barley and wheat) and hedging and arbitrage instruments.
