OLVEA continues to develop while strengthening its commitment to sustainable development. After developing eco-designed production sites and sustainable production chains in Africa, OLVEA is taking a new step forward with its vegetable and fish oils eco-refinery, OLVEA Green Technologies
Our eco-refining plant in France
A new direction for OLVEA
In order to be more reactive and flexible in response to the ever-changing needs of the market, OLVEA has chosen to develop its own eco-refining plant directly on its site in Normandy.
Thanks to our integrated supply chains in Africa (OLVEA Burkina Faso, OLVEA Morocco and OLVEA Kenya) and to its own green refinery, OLVEA is now able to offer its customers biosourced and eco-refined vegetable oils with a complete traceability. These oils, prized by cosmetic, pharmaceutical and food laboratories, are used in the composition of many formulations.
A new industrial dimension
Equipped with two refining lines with a daily capacity of 100 tonnes, OLVEA Green Technologies is one of the first green and eco-designed refineries in Europe. The equipment and the process of this plant make it possible to purify the oils while guaranteeing the absence of cross-contamination. The tank farm and the eco-refinery meet the Food Defense requirements.
Our eco-refining plant is also certified according to the FSSC 22000 standard (Food Safety System Certification), which guarantees the implementation of an efficient system of health risk management and therefore the safety of its production.
OLVEA Green Technologies represents:
+ 40 people
on site
93 tanks
10.000 tons
of storage
30.000 tons
of annual refining capacity
OLVEA's eco-refining unit
OLVEA proudly receives the EcoVadis Platinum Medal for the third year in a row, reaffirming its position among the top 1% of the most advanced companies in terms of CSR!
Since its very first EcoVadis assessment in 2015, OLVEA has continuously strengthened its CSR performance and this evaluation proves our steadfast resolve.
Building of
9 000m²
1 300m²
of photovoltaic panels
12 millions
liters of water per year
The green plant is equipped with numerous heat exchangers to recover and interchange heat energy at different stages of the process. OLVEA has also installed 3 rainwater storage tanks, with a storage capacity of 1 million liters, to recover up to 12 million liters per year.
Learn more about our vegetable oils
OLVEA produces and sales more than 70 natural and pure vegetable oils.
Learn more about our production units
OLVEA has developped 3 production units in Africa: