About us – braet-nv

What do we do?

Thanks to our many years of experience, knowledge and tradition, NV BRAET is an established name in the international linseed and raw material market.

We are a leading company in processing and cleaning linseed for human consumption. Through our expertise, we guarantee a purity of at least 99.9% for our linseed intended for human consumption.
We also offer linseed, various cereals and derivatives as raw materials for the animal feed industry.
In our crush department we crush linseed into linseed flakes and linseed oil.
We prepare and propagate sowing seed for sowing purposes as an exclusive agent for Terre de Lin in Belgium.

Our market extends from our own country, all over Europe and to the farthest corners of the world. A world that, given our convenient location at a waterway, is very easily accessible, even for barges up to 1,500 mto. We load and unload 150 to 200 tons of goods per hour, depending on the type of product. We have a storage capacity of about 100,000 tons on our company site. Due to our own storage capacity, we control our product quality and can guarantee excellent service. To increase quality, we continuously invest in our machinery for both linseed and sowing seed cleaning. Our linseed presses are also continuously optimized for the quality of our linseed flakes and linseed oil.

1955

Evolution

The foundation of the company, with which everything started, is actually its close location near the Golden River (de Leie) where many a custard had his harvest rotted.

Linseed comes from flax and so, around the 1950s – 1960s, there was a very active trade in linseed from all these flax companies that had settled around the Golden River. Our founder, Remi Braet, saw a lot of potential in this and became founder in 1955.

From the 1970s onwards, the retting of flax in the golden river decreased dramatically. Because the quality of the linseed could vary enormously every year and therefore also the yield, we started the import of linseed which came mainly from Canada. This linseed was sufficiently in stock and the quality met the requirements. As a matter of this, linseed was not only traded for animal feed and mills but also for human consumption. This is due to discovering the very healthy properties of this product

Import & Export

In 1983, an expansion brought the total silo capacity up to 30,000 mto. The activities of the company include both import and export of seeds, pulses, raw materials for animal feed as well as sowing seed.

Oil Factory

In 1994 an oil mill was built in Ooigem where only linseed is pressed into linseed oil and linseed flakes. In the meantime, the company continues to grow and establish itself further in the market of linseed and raw materials.

2011

Continuous modernisation process

The cleaning plant was completely renewed in 2011 and doubled in production, in 2014 it was expanded again to its current capacity. The quality of the cleaned linseed also continues to increase through annual investments and renewal of parts from our installations.

Meanwhile, two sons of Remi Braet: Antoon Braet and Christiaan Braet continue their father’s legacy.

What do we do?

Where is our origin?

1900

Beginning

1955

Evolution

1955

1973

Wordwide trade

1983

Import & Export

1983

1994

Oil Factory

1999

Storage Expansion

1999

2007

Expansion Linseed Storage

2011

Continuous modernisation process

2011

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Import – Export

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