Crespel & Deiters is an owner-managed, globally active family business in the sixth generation. With in-depth knowledge of natural renewable raw materials, their processing and refinement, we develop functional, highly effective solutions for a more sustainable industry.
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The company Globally active, regionally rooted
Crespel & Deiters is a leading specialist for multifunctional food ingredients rich in starch and protein for the food industry and functional, high-performance adhesives for industrial solutions, specializing in the paper processing industry.
Our solutions and application engineering expertise enable customers to achieve more with less. We refine what nature gives us, extracting the maximum from renewable, plant-based raw materials. Since 1858. Our goal: to increase efficiency and conserve resources.
International family business
Tradition, values, and family spirit are not just words for us, but our lived corporate identity. Crespel & Deiters has been family-owned since its founding in 1858. As an international family business, we have grown over generations, are continuously developing, and proactively adapt to the respective market situations. We operate worldwide, yet we are deeply rooted in our region. Today, the sixth generation is leading the company into the future. As a family business and employer of over 450 people, we always put people first, support each other, and ensure integration and fairness within our company.
Family-run in the sixth generation since 1858 – our management team, from left to right: Frank Kreß (CFO), Philipp Deiters (CSO Food), Frederick Deiters (CSO Industrial Solutions), Steffen von Glahn (COO).
We also face up to our responsibility as a production partner for a wide range of industries every day. With a stringent management structure and organization, we realize our entrepreneurial vision of enabling our customers to become better, more efficient, and more sustainable through the targeted processing of renewable plant-based raw materials.
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Core markets Solutions for various industries
Crespel & Deiters refines natural agricultural materials, especially wheat, into high-quality, functional ingredients for the food industry.
We are specialists in natural starches and proteins, optimize end products and create added value during production.
Crespel & Deiters is a pioneer in high-performance adhesives based on wheat starch, and offers application technical services to ensure optimum performance of the corrugated cardboard plant. Our model of product and service improves bonding, increases process stability, reduces waste and adhesive consumption, and maximizes the quality of corrugated board — for maximum cost efficiency.
Crespel & Deiters supplies pet food manufacturers with wheat-based, functional ingredients for plant-based protein enrichment and texturing – as an alternative to meat or fish and for hybrid recipes. Our ingredients are neutral in odor and taste, support clean label concepts and help meet the growing demand for natural and sustainable pet food.
Crespel & Deiters offers functional, wheat‑based raw materials for the animal feed industry and agriculture—as natural energy sources, flavour carriers and binding agents with high availability and added nutritional value. For livestock farmers and producers committed to healthy, sustainable and cost‑efficient feeding.
Our Locations We think global. We work local.
For over 165 years, Crespel & Deiters has stood for refinement expertise, innovative strength and reliability. As a family-owned company operating internationally, with production sites in Germany and the Netherlands, we develop powerful, functional and highly effective solutions from renewable, plant-based raw materials for a wide range of industries.
Refinement allows us to combine nature, technology and applications — creating solutions that increase efficiency, ensure quality and conserve resources.
Ibbenbüren
In Ibbenbüren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Crespel & Deiters produces the raw materials wheat starch and wheat protein, and refines them into functional products and application-oriented solutions.
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Helmond
Extrusion is an important part of Crespel & Deiters’ value chain. This process is carried out at the company’s site in Helmond, Netherlands, where flour and proteins from various raw materials are refined to develop and produce innovative textures for food production.
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