The privatization of the Polish sugar industry is described based on the case of the Torun group, in which Nordzucker is the strategic investor. The process includes invitation to bid, selection of suitable investors, and negotiations of the investors with respect to the social, grower and investment package. The subsequent restructuring of factories, here taking the Opalenica and Chelmza factories as examples, resulted in marked improvements in sugar quality, cost effectiveness and protection of the environment.