Next-Gen Crespel & Deiters:Refinement as the Key to the Future, Transformation, and Growth
The world is changing—every day, everywhere. But with every change come new opportunities. Crespel & Deiters is also evolving; since its founding in 1858, it has continuously adapted to market conditions and customer demands. The company is now led by the sixth generation of the Deiters entrepreneurial family, which, with the leadership transition in early 2026, has also refocused the group’s brand and sales strategy.
Today, Refinement is the core brand value and the foundation of Crespel & Deiters’ global business: the refinement of renewable plant-based raw materials into functional, highly effective solutions for optimized production processes and end products in the food industry, the corrugated board industry, and the pet food and feed industry. With the brand’s evolving focus on Refinement, the sales strategy is also changing. For a long time, Crespel & Deiters operated with its own brands. This was partly because brands such as Loryma, C&D Corrugating & Paper, C&D Technical Applications, Trigea, and Crespeo were established players in their segments and industries. With a view to international growth, this structure has been streamlined and centralized. Effective immediately, there is now only the manufacturer’s brand Crespel & Deiters, which directly develops, offers, and distributes all products and solutions for the various industries.
A generational transition with a deliberate reorientation
The transition to the new leadership in the sixth generation of the family was deliberately used as an opportunity to review and reform existing structures. Brands were consolidated, connections were made clearer, and the positioning was refined. The refined brand strategy and the associated new brand identity now highlight what has always distinguished Crespel & Deiters: the ability to use innovative technology, decades of expertise, and a high level of application know-how to develop functional solutions from natural, renewable raw materials that drive sustainable industrial development and efficiently optimize end products.
Passion for Wheat
Our expertise in the use and processing of wheat to create sustainable solutions for food and industrial applications is unique. But times are changing. Industries, applications and products continue to evolve. New dietary trends, rising expectations for resource efficiency, and more sustainable production processes are driving increased demand for functional raw materials.
Raw Material Expertise
Today, Crespel & Deiters also applies its technological expertise specifically to other plant-based raw materials such as peas, rice, corn, and field beans. In the food sector, pea protein in particular plays a central role in plant-based alternatives and active nutrition. Crespel & Deiters leverages the many possibilities of this raw material as a high-quality base for plant-based meat and plant-based milk, as well as protein powders, bars, and shakes for an active lifestyle.
Refinement Expert
What matters here is not the raw material alone, but the ability to make it functionally usable. As a processing specialist, Crespel & Deiters can easily apply its long-standing technological expertise in extrusion, liquid modification, protein hydrolysis, and blending to other raw materials. This makes Crespel & Deiters the leading specialist and expert in processing renewable plant-based raw materials into functional, highly effective solutions for a more sustainable industry.
Refinement as the core and a precise description of the service
It is decades of expertise in the processing of plant-based raw materials, combined with technical and application know-how, that clearly sets Crespel & Deiters apart. With its refined positioning as a processing expert, Crespel & Deiters accurately describes what the company does today. Using modern processing technologies such as extrusion, liquid modification, protein hydrolysis, and blending, the company transforms renewable plant-based raw materials into functional solutions that measurably improve industrial applications. The combination of a broad selection of raw materials and in-depth technological expertise enables the company to respond specifically to individual customer requirements. With this repositioning, Crespel & Deiters highlights the group’s technological expertise across industries and positions itself as a strategic development partner for performance-oriented and sustainable solutions.
This capability is demonstrated in:
- functional proteins for optimized texture, stability, and nutritional value in the food, pet food, and feed sectors,
- high-performance adhesives for the paper processing industry,
- process-stable ingredients for greater efficiency and reduced resource consumption across various industries.
For customers, this means: higher performance while using fewer resources.
“Our heritage is our commitment; our technology paves the way for the future. Refinement also embodies our philosophy: to make things a little better with every solution—for our customers, for the market, and for a more sustainable industry. Crespel & Deiters has now taken an important and decisive step: we are clearly positioning our extensive expertise in the refinement of plant-based raw materials and our vast application know-how at the forefront. Knowing that quality and sustainability are gaining importance across all industries, we anticipate very strong growth. The sixth generation of our family-owned company is ideally positioned and ready to continue the success story of Crespel & Deiters,” said Steffen von Glahn (COO) regarding the strategic importance of the company’s processing technologies, raw material expertise, and application know-how.
A brand that brings together what belongs together
With a clear focus on its technological strengths in the processing of renewable plant-based raw materials, Crespel & Deiters is setting the course for international growth. A key step in this direction is the consolidation of all activities under the Crespel & Deiters brand. This makes Crespel & Deiters the central brand; existing products and well-known product lines will remain, and technological expertise will be clearly attributed. The connection between manufacturer, technology, and application becomes clearly recognizable. Established product brands that stand for quality and innovation in their industries and have significantly shaped the markets, such as the Lory® range or the Definol® range, retain their validity and their well-known names.
“We are using the generational transition as a strategic lever to sharpen our position, reduce complexity, and clearly align ourselves with international growth. The consolidation of the brand, the centralization of sales, and the clear focus on refinement highlight what sets us apart: the ability to develop functional solutions from renewable plant-based raw materials that improve industrial processes and make products future-proof. This positions Crespel & Deiters as what the market increasingly demands—a clearly positioned, technologically grounded partner for sustainable performance.” Philipp Deiters (CSO Food) on the company’s realignment.
Familiar products, new visibility
Crespel & Deiters’ rebranding changes the company’s image—not its product portfolio—and is directly tailored to the needs of its customer industries:
Food
Functional plant-based ingredients from the Lory® range enable the targeted optimization of texture, stability, and nutritional value, as well as the development of new product concepts.
Industrial Solutions
High-performance wheat starch-based adhesives improve bonding, enhance process stability, reduce waste and adhesive consumption, and maximize corrugated board quality while ensuring maximum cost efficiency.
Pet Food and Feed
Functional Proteins and Starches for the Nutrition of Pets and Livestock.
Across all industries, efficiency, quality, and sustainability are increasingly being combined into a single solution.
“We are what we have always been: a family-owned company with deep regional roots and a broad global presence. The processing specialist for renewable plant-based raw materials. The problem-solver and partner for a wide range of industries. The optimizer of products and manufacturing processes. And the guarantor of greater sustainability throughout the entire value chain. Our realignment makes this more visible,”says Frederick Deiters (CSO Industrial Solutions), outlining the company’s refined positioning.
