Starch has been an important element for several years. The extracting of starch is done in many different steps, were every step demands its machine. To find out more which products LarssonSweden offers, look under "Products".

Extraction of starch differs from country to country dependent upon individual agricultural supply. In Europe it is usally wheat and potato, in Asia it is rice and cassava nuts (e.g. tapioca) and corn in USA.

Starch is used within many areas, for example alcohol production, paper, textile, glue and sweets (wine gum and jelly).

Milestones in LarssonSweden history

1600s starch was beginning to emerge and used within the household

1700s the upper class began to use high white powered wigs, which were powered

       with white potato flour or rice flour, to make them as beautiful as possible.

1811 the first factory for potato starch was founded in Elsass, Germany

1900 within th Kristianstad area alone there were 100 starch factories

1948 Gösta Larsson founded LarssonSweden

1950 the first LarssonSweden products were delivered to Alfa Laval

1961 LarssonSweden receives its first export contract to Denmark

1968 LarssonSweden became a joint stock company. The first machines were

       exported to the tapioca starch industry in Malaysia

1987 the export increased. In Germany the unemployment was large which led

       to a political decision of building a new starch industry, Wendland Stärke.

       The factory was bulit with products made by LarssonSweden

1988 Ter Apel Kanaal, the world´s largest starch industry was bulit in Holland.

       Compared to Wendland Stärke, which has the capacity 60 tonne/h, Ter Apel Kanaal

       has a capacity of 270 tonne/h. LarssonSweden was the main component supplier.

1992 LarssonSweden delivered a whole factory  to the tapioca industry in the north

       of Thailand, National Starch Kalasin.

2002 the whole company moved from Barum to Bromölla.

2007 a Rep Office is opened in Guangzhou, China.

2008 a design and engineering office is opened in Malmö, Sweden.