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To mark its 190th anniversary, Raffinerie Tirlemontoise is hosting a special anniversary event today, bringing together employees, sugar beet growers, customers, partners and political representatives…

Raffinerie Tirlemontoise has completed its 2025–2026 beet campaign with exceptionally high yields and sugar content, among the best recorded in many years. Favorable weather conditions and the strong…

Tienen, together with other pilot sites in Europe, will be testing the drinking water supply of the future. In the newly approved project “NEW WATER,” Tiense Suikerraffinaderij, De Watergroep and KU…

On Monday, September 15, the beet campaign will start at the sugar factory in Tienen. In the factories of Longchamps and Wanze, the campaign will begin a week later, on September 22. The campaign will…

In early August 2025, the city of Tienen once again became the beating heart of the Belgian festival summer. Suikerrock 2025, held amidst the iconic setting of the old sugar refinery, turned into more…

As of 1 September 2025, Jan Ingels will take over as CEO of the Tiense Suikerraffinaderij. He succeeds Guy Paternoster, who played a key role in the further growth and development of the company over…

Raffinerie Tirlemontoise is taking a new step in sustainable industrial innovation with the introduction of a unique industrial heat pump, a first in Europe. This groundbreaking technology will be…

Raffinerie Tirlemontoise, a beet sugar producer, BENEO, a leading manufacturer of functional ingredients, and Puratos, a global leader in bakery, patisserie, and chocolate ingredients, have joined…

Raffinerie Tirlemontoise is a loyal partner of the Belgian Federation of Food Banks. Together they like to give some extra attention to people who are having a hard time during the holidays. And that…