Food Industry
In 2018, OPUS GLOBAL Plc. decided to expand its portfolio by entering a new segment, which allowed the OPUS Group to grow with companies that have significant potential. Over the past years, the Food Industry segment has played a crucial role and held a considerable share within the consolidated operations of OPUS Global Plc. In 2024, this segment continued to hold a significant share in the consolidated financial statements.
From 30 November 2021, dr. Szabolcs Makai has been the head of the food division of OPUS GLOBAL Plc., and has also been the co-managing director of KALL Ingredients Ltd., a subsidiary of the listed company, and the Chairperson the Supervisory Board of VIRESOL Ltd. Szabolcs Makai graduated as an agricultural economist. For two decades he held various management positions at the US multinational Cargill. Initially, he managed the fodder business and later the Hungarian and Slovakian business of the cereals, oilseeds and inputs division, as Chief Executive Officer.
He was a member of Cargill’s global strategy team in Minneapolis, as Strategic Director, and since 2017 he has served in European management as Commercial Director and President and CEO of Cargill Takarmány Ltd. In 2019, he joined Talentis Agro Zrt. as CEO, which he has been managing since then.
Further posts:
Since 01.2022, Chairman of the Board of Directors pf Gallicoop Ltd.
Since 12.2021 Member of the Board of Directors of the National Stud Farm and Tangazdaság Ltd.
Since 10.2021 Member of the Board of Directors of Agrolink Ltd.
Szabolcs Makai was elected to the Rector’s Advisory Board of MATE in November 2021.
In 2024, he received a doctorate in Social Sciences with Summa Cum Laude in Economics and Management.
KALL Ingredients Ltd.
KALL Ingredients Ltd. is a corn processing company that produces high value-added food industry ingredients, primarily various sugar products and starch derivatives, high-quality medicinal and edible alcohols, as well as feed ingredients.
A significant portion of the company’s products is sold outside of Hungary. The corn processing plant is located on a 67-hectare site in the outskirts of Tiszapüspöki, in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, and was built as part of a greenfield investment worth EUR 160 million, using the best available technology, which allows it to process grain without generating waste. In terms of production capacity, it is considered one of the largest isoglucose factories in Central and Eastern Europe, as it can process more than 500,000 tons of GMO-free corn annually. OPUS GLOBAL Plc. holds a 74.33% ownership stake in KALL Ingredients Ltd.
VIRESOL Ltd.
VIRESOL Ltd., founded in 2015, began operations in 2019 as Central and Eastern Europe’s most modern and innovative wheat processing plant. Following the processing of approximately 250,000 tons of wheat, the plant produces starch, alcohol, and various feed products. The facility was built as a greenfield investment and operates as a wheat starch factory, also producing alcohol, maltodextrin, vital gluten, and animal feed.
The facility is located in a 14-hectare site in the industrial park of Visonta, Heves County. The proximity to the M3 motorway, a nearby railway connection, adequate infrastructure, logistic conditions, as well as the availability of electricity, steam, and natural gas supply points ensures optimal conditions for both operations and the logistics of wheat input and final product distribution. OPUS GLOBAL Plc. holds a 53.17% ownership stake in VIRESOL Ltd.
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