- CEO
- Luc Tack
- Full Time Employees
- 6,945
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Chemicals: agricultural
- Address
- Troonstraat 130 rue du TrOne Brussels BU Belgium 1050
- IPO Date
- Jan 1, 1937
- Business
- Tessenderlo Group NV (TESB.BR) is a Belgium-based multinational industrial group focused on agriculture, bio-residual valorization, machinery, mechanical engineering, electronics, energy generation, and industrial solutions emphasizing water treatment; headquartered in Brussels and founded in 1919, the company operates in over 100 countries with more than 7,000 employees. Its five core operating segments encompass the Agro segment, which produces, markets and sells crop nutrition products including liquid crop fertilizers, potassium sulfate fertilizers and crop protection solutions through business units such as Crop Vitality, Tessenderlo Kerley International, NovaSource and Violleau; the Bio-valorization segment, featuring PB Leiner's production, trading and sales of gelatins and collagen peptides alongside Akiolis' rendering, production and sales of proteins and fats from animal by-products; the Industrial Solutions segment, providing products, systems and solutions for water processing and treatment including flocculation, precipitation, plastic pipe systems and profiles via DYKA Group (DYKA, JDP, BT Nyloplast), Kuhlmann Europe and moleko; the Machines & Technologies segment, centered on Picanol Group's weaving machines, foundry and mechanical finishing (Proferro), electronics development and production (Psicontrol), and 3D metal printing with high-precision manufacturing (Melotte); and the T-Power segment, operating a 425 MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Tessenderlo, Belgium. The group serves customers across agriculture, food, industry, construction, health and consumer goods end-markets, generating consolidated revenue of 2.6 billion EUR in 2024. In May 2025, Tessenderlo Group signed a non-binding term sheet with Darling Ingredients Inc. to combine their collagen and gelatin businesses into Nextida, a new ~1.5 billion USD revenue company with Tessenderlo holding a 15% stake, pending due diligence, definitive agreements and regulatory approvals potentially closing in 2026; this strategic alliance aims to leverage complementary technologies, global customer bases and production capacities across 23 facilities in the Americas, Europe and Asia to accelerate growth in health, wellness, nutrition and food sectors.