The Wanze Sugar Factory was founded by the Sucreries Centrales SA.

For factories depending on roads, this put a very narrow limit on the distance at which it was still economical to transport sugar beet.

In 1867 the idea was implemented by building a sugar factory in Montcornet, Aisne and a râperie at a distance of 8 km.

The company that would build Wanze Sugar Factory was known as Sucreries Centrales.

In July 1870 potential contractors were invited to view the plans (cahier des charges) for a sugar factory in Wanze.

[3] In December 1870 potential contractors for the delivery and installation of 30 kilometers of pipeline were called upon.

[4] The central factory was built on a terrain of the Hospices Civils de Huy in Wanze.

The central factory was connected to râperies located on the plateau of Hesbaye, where the sugar beet were grown.

[6] After the sale of the company, or really its assets, to Paul Wittouck, the shareholders agreed to liquidate the Sucreries Centrales.

[8] The executive board consisted of Paul Wittouck; Alban Poulet, banker, and Baron Gustave Mincé du Fontbaré.

[9] Godefroid Piesseria and Ernest de Moerloose were appointed to the supervisory board of the new company.

Highlights were the impressive carbonatation hall and the big quadruple effect evaporators.

[13] Within a few months Paul Wittouck and Böhrig & König from Magdeburg succeeded in raising the daily capacity to 2,000 t of beet per day.

[15] The râperies were in Perwez, Ramillies, Longchamps, Burdinne, Vissoul, Moha, Warnant-Dreye, Chapon-Seraing, Viemme, Lens-Saint-Remy, Waremme, Mechelen-Bovelingen (Marlinne), Bergilers.

In 1928, the company Sucreries centrales de Wanze was merged into the Raffinerie Tirlemontoise.

For the heavy sugar beet it took some time before this made the central refinery - râperie system obsolete.