About 50 million tons
of sunflower seed are harvested worldwide each year.
* (destatis USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. (10. Juni, 2022). Erntemenge von Sonnenblumensaat weltweit in den Jahren 2002/03 bis 2022/23* (in Millionen Tonnen) [Graph]. In Statista. Zugriff am 27. September 2022, von https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/218952/umfrage/produktionsmenge-von-sonnenblumen-weltweit/)
The food industry
is the main customer for sunflower seeds. These are mainly needed for oil and bread production.
The shell remains,
because the seeds are making their way into the food industry. Until now, there have been hardly any possible applications for the shells.
Meet the Golden Team
Lars Jörges
CEO
Lars is our CEO and has been on our team since 2022. Since he has already accompanied many startups and was able to bring them officially to the market, Lars is our Mister Know-How. He keeps up with the trends and has a great eye for driving innovation.
Stephan Albers
AUTHORIZED OFFICER
Stephan is the longest member of Golden Compound. He has been with us since 2014 and has already experienced a lot. Stephan is our joker in everything that has to do with numbers. That's why he also takes care of purchasing topics in addition to the day-to-day business.
André Möllers
HEAD OF SALES
André started with us as a project engineer and has driven many projects and products. Whether tools, plastics or sales topics, André can say something about everything. For this reason, he now supports us as sales manager while continuing to accompany the major projects.
Judith Wingerath
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Judith ist seit 2020 ein fester Bestandteil unseres Teams. Als Fachfrau für Materialdesign und angewandte Werkstoffe setzt sie ihr Know-How vor allem in der Materialentwicklung ein. Neue Rezepturen oder Materialanpassungen sind ihre Stärken.
Sebastian Meyer
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Externer Partner
The man of the 1st hour Golden Compounds. Sebastian has worked on the development and advancement of our compounds from the very beginning and has carried out a wide variety of projects. Now he has started his own business and continues to support us as an external partner in research and development.
