Key Milestones in India
1987 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 2000 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023
1987
Set up liaison office in New Delhi.
1996
Cargill India set up as a 100% owned trading company.
1997
Began primary sugar supply business. Country office was set up in New Delhi.
1998
Exited seed business as part of a global divestiture to Monsanto.
First desk of grain & oilsseeds business began operations.
2000
Packaged foods business under NatureFresh brand launched with wheat products.
2003
"NatureFresh" brand transitioned into refinery unit for sale in packed form.
2004
Entered into joint venture with Parakh Foods Ltd. As a result, “Gemini” brand of refined oil and two oil refineries in west coast of India were added to our portfolio. Commercial production of oil refineries at Paradip in east coast of India and at Kandla in west coast began.
2005
Acquired 100% stake in joint venture with Parakh Foods Ltd.; a new business unit called 'Refined Oils India’ was formed.
2006
Established the animal nutrition business. Refined Oils India entered into institutional oil selling to large food industry.
2008
Launched Kutch Livelihood & Education Advancement Program in Kutch district, Gujarat in partnership with CARE.
Launched Oliante brand of olive oil.
2010
Refined Oils India became Cargill Foods India. Acquired `Rath’ brand of Vanaspati (hydrogenated fats).
2011
Acquired `Sweekar’ brand of sunflower refined oil.
2012
Global acquisition of AWB expanded the business for the grain & oilseeds business in India.
Global acquisition of Provimi expanded animal nutrition footprint in India.
Flavors business ceased to be part of India business due to global divesture.
Re-launched NatureFresh Atta, whole wheat flour.
Acquired Sunflower Vanaspati.
2014
Acquired Leonardo brand of olive oils.
2015
Opened its biggest business services center in Bengaluru.
2016
Set up state -of- the- art corn wet milling plant in Davangere, Karnataka. Inaugurated dairy feed mill in Bathinda, Punjab. Broke ground for setting up corn silos in Davangere, Karnataka.
2018
Opened first fish feed mill in Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh.
2019
Inaugurated corn silos in Davangere, Karnataka.
2020
Set up first chocolate manufacturing unit in Surendranagar, Gujarat.
Opened a bioindustrial plant in Kurkumbh, Maharashtra.
2021
Acquired an edible oil refinery in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh.
2022
Opened first Food Innovation Center in India to address growing consumer demand for healthy, nutritious food solutions.
2023
Forayed into south India with its edible oil portfolio. Launched Gemini Pureit™, India’s leading sunflower oil brand in the region.