Cargill in India
Cargill maintains a number of businesses in India, with operations including the handling and processing of a wide range of products, including refined oils, grain and oilseeds, sugar, cotton and animal feed. In addition, Cargill operates a value investing business. Our presence in India has been growing since we began a joint venture operation in 1987.
Products & Services
Cargill has activities in the following areas in India:
Cargill milestones in India
| 2011 |
- Acquires `Sweekar’ brand of sunflower refined oil.
- AWB global acquisition enables leveraging existing asset base of AWB in India in the form of grain storage facilities.
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| 2010 |
- Refined Oils India becomes Cargill Foods India.
- Acquires `Rath’ brand of Vanaspati (hydrogenated fat)
- Production starts at Silkroad Sugar Pvt.Ltd., JV with EID Parry, in Kakinada Andhra Pradesh
- Launches Fast-track nutrition project in 3 districts of Madhya Pradesh in partnership with UN World Food Program
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| 2008 |
- Launches Kutch Livelihood & Education Advancement Program in Kutch district, Gujarat in partnership with CARE
- Launches Oliante brand of olive oil
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| 2007 |
- Launches Cotton trading business
- Coal and Ocean Transportation businesses start operations in India
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| 2006 |
- Establishes Animal Nutrition business
- Refined Oils India enters into institutional oil selling to large Food industry
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| 2005 |
Acquires 100% stake in JV; new BU formed `Refined Oils India’ |
| 2004 |
- Enters into JV with Prakash Parakh (2 entities – Parakh Foods Ltd. and Global Oils and Fats Ltd.).
- As a result, “Gemini” brand of refined oil and two oil refineries in West Coast of India comes into portfolio
- Commercial production of oil refineries at Paradip in East Coast of India and at Kandla in West Coast begins
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| 2003 |
- Acquires Duckworth Group UK and starts flavor business in India
- NatureFresh brand transitions into refinery unit for sale in packed form
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| 2000 |
Packaged foods business under NatureFresh brand launched with wheat products |
| 1999 |
Ferrous trading desk set up in Mumbai |
| 1998 |
- Exits seed business as part of a global divestiture to Monsanto
- First desk of Grain and Oils Seeds business begin operations
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| 1997 |
- Begins primary sugar supply business
- First vegetable oil domestic sales commence from Chennai terminal
- Country Office set up in Delhi.
- All businesses combined under Cargill India
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| 1996 |
- Cargill India set up as a 100 % owned trading company, Cargill India Pvt.Ltd.
- Expanded trading to Vegetable oils, Molasses
- Trade & Structured Finance starts operations
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| 1988-92 |
- Cargill Seeds incorporated as a 51% JV at Bangalore with local partner
- JV buyout : Cargill becomes 100% owner of Seeds business
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| 1986 |
Sets up Liaison office in New Delhi. Trading activities include petroleum, wheat and sugar. |
Celebrating 25 years in India!
