2002-2004 Oleon invests
In barely 2 years time, several important projects were realized. These projects brought the total production capacity of the group to more than 300.000 tons per year. At the Ertvelde plant a new distillation unit for vegetable glycerine was built. A new dimer plant was constructed at the Oelegem site. In that same timeframe a new office building was built at the Ertvelde site.
2001
Oleon took over Hydro Oleochemicals (HOC, one of the most important producers of oleochemical products in Scandinavia) from the Norwegian group Norsk Hydro and located in Sandefjord. The name was changed to Oleon Scandinavia AS.