World-Class Enzyme Technology
ROAL is One of the Top 5 Enzyme Manufacturers in the World
Roal is a high-growth biotechnology company manufacturing industrial enzymes. Our core products are processed via Trichoderma, Aspergillus ja Bacillus fermentations.
Pioneering Product Development
Innovative Work Environment Encouraging New Product Discovery
Over 90% of our product is exported globally. We are continuously developing new products at our R&D lab as well as our test factory in collaboration with the production team.
Ethical Growth Company
Our Core Values: Sustainable Development and Domestic Manufacturing
Our factory in Rajamäki, Finland is one of the largest enzyme manufacturing facilities in the world. Our manufacturing process combines long line Finnish enzyme know-how with modern processing technology.
Roal Ltd is one of the world´s largest enzyme companies. We produce enzymes for different industrial applications, e.g. baking, food, technical and feed industries. Our core competence areas are Trichoderma, Aspergillus and Bacillus -fermentations. In our process we combine long term biotechnical research and knowledge with modern technology and professional personnel.
Our R&D and manufacturing facilities are located in Rajamäki, 50 km north of Finland´s capital Helsinki. Over 90 % of our products are exported worldwide.
Roal was established in 1991 as a joint venture by former Finnish Alko Ltd and German Röhm GmbH. Both companies had a decades-long history in enzyme research and production. Today we are proud to be owned by Associated British Foods. Sales and marketing of our products are done by an other ABF group company AB Enzymes.
As a company we are striving for greater customer orientation and satisfaction. We do this by ensuring excellent product quality and “on time in full” deliveries to the customer – every day. By running our business efficiently and profitably we want to earn our owners´ and stakeholders´ trust.
As an employer our main focus is on offering our employees a fair and safe place to work with a spirit of continuous improvement. As a production site we continuously improve the environmental aspects of our process and products.
Roal´s turnover was 74 million Euros in the fiscal year 2022-2023. In August 2023 we had 176 employees, whose average age was 41,1 years. Our organization consists of R&D and manufacturing.
Research &
Development
In the R&D our goals are always very ambitious. In addition to high performance and cost effectiviness our products must fill high quality- and environmental standards and they need to offer functional and safe solutions to our customers.
Investments in the research are approximately 10 % of our revenues. Main tasks in the R&D are discovering novel genes, improving the existing molecules and developing the Trichoderma reesei-production technology. Our R&D team in Rajamäki currently consists of more than 50 professionals.
We cooperate with several Finnish and international research organizations. Many of our research projects are funded by EU-programs or by Business Finland. R&D develops annually several new enzyme products, which are carefully tested at our pilot plant before commercial scale fermentations. To date, our research has lead to over 200 patents.
List of Latest Peer-reviewed Scientific Publications,updated 11.1.2017.
Manufacturing
In the manufacturing the enzymes are produced by a submerged fermentation process.
Continuous improvement is the key word in manufacturing; we are determined to keep on developing our process and competence. Our plant was recently expanded and our capacity was raised by 40 %. At the same time we renewed our SOPs, installed lots of modern instruments and equipment and provided our staff with opportunities for training and learning.
At the plant, under the same roof with manufacturing are also the quality control laboratory, procurement and logistics department and maintenance. The quality control laboratory certifies the enzyme activities and microbiological standards of our products. The procurement and logistics department is responsible for sourcing, local warehouses and logistics from Rajamäki. The maintenance -team focuses on preventive maintenance and repairing of process technology.
Contact
Street address:
Valta-akseli 6 (factory)
05200 Rajamäki
Postal address:
Tykkimäentie 15b (Lab)
05200 Rajamäki
Reception:
+ 358 9 290 420
(Mon – Fri 8.00 – 16.00)
E-mail:
firstname.lastname@abenzymes.com