Roquette Appoints Rader as Sole Distribution Partner
for Core Food Ingredients Business in Italy
New distribution deal covers the South of Italy, making Rader the sole distributor for theentire country.
La Madeleine (France), March 5 2024- Roquette, global leader in plant-based ingredients and aleading provider of pharmaceutical excipients, has appointed Rader SPA, a leading distributor of raw
materials to the food industry, as the exclusive distributor for their core food ingredients products
throughout Italy, effective 1st April 2024.
Roquette and Rader maintain a longstanding partnership, with Rader already handling thedistribution for Roquette in Northern Italy. The extension of the distribution partnership to cover theentire country will bring a more efficient and streamlines distribution network in Italy, which is a key
European market for Roquette.
Gaëtan Fauvarque, Head of Global Distribution Management at Roquette, says, “Over the years,
Rader has successfully demonstrated its capacity to maintain and develop Roquette’s business inNorthern Italy. We aim to build on those results and rely on Rader’s commercial expertise and local
market knowledge to bring an even greater level of service to our Italian customers.”
Luigino and Federico Res, CEOs of Rader add, “We are delighted to have extended our successful
distribution partnership with Roquette. It will allow us to leverage our proven capabilities in the northof the country to grow Roquette’s reach throughout the entire Italian market.”

About Roquette
Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical
excipients. Founded in 1933, the company currently operates in more than 100 countries, through more than 30
manufacturing sites, has a turnover of around 5 billion euros, and employs around 10,000 people worldwide.
Life and nature have been our sources of inspiration for decades. All our raw materials are of natural origin.
From them, we enable a whole new plant-based cuisine; we offer pharmaceutical solutions that play a key rolein medical treatments; and we develop innovative ingredients for food, nutrition and health markets. We truly
unlock the potential of nature to improve, cure and save lives.
Thanks to a constant drive for innovation and a long-term vision, we are committed to improving the well-beingof people all over the world. We put sustainable development at the heart of our concerns, while taking care ofresources and territories. We are determined to create a better and healthier future for all generations.
Discover more about Roquette at www.roquette.com.
About Rader SPA
Rader Spa is an Italian family-owned company founded in the early 1950s, specializing in distributing foodingredients for the industry.
With the goal of continually enhancing customer service, we have consistently invested in organization andstorage capacity, making work processes increasingly efficient.

We are known for our deep knowledge of natural ingredients and our ability to assist customers in finding themost suitable solutions for their objectives.

Media inquiries
OXYGEN PR Agency (Roquette)roquette@oxygen-rp.com+33 6 65 95 96 25 (Lisa Dubreuil)+33 6 65 27 33 52 (Virginie Raison)
Rader SPA
Mr. Enrico Res /Mrs. Elena Res+39 (0) 444 349 134