COMPANY·HISTORIES
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Other Animal Feed Manufacturing

How the companies in this industry began, and the forces that shaped them.

21companies1821–2004founding years21still active0no longer operating
§ 01

The industry over time

Companies foundedEconomyTechnologyEnvironmentHistory
FoundedEridania Béghin-Say S.A.
1821
FoundedPurina Mills, Inc.
1894
FoundedIAWS Group plc
1897
1903
TechnologyThe Wright brothers achieve powered flight.
FoundedSan Miguel Corporation
1913
1914
EconomyWorld War I begins; global trade reorders.
FoundedCharoen Pokphand Group
1921
FoundedArcher-Daniels-Midland Company
1923
1929
EconomyThe stock market crashes; the Great Depression spreads worldwide.
FoundedCargill, Incorporated
1936
1939
EconomyWorld War II begins; wartime production surges.
1945
EconomyThe war ends; a long global expansion begins.
FoundedThe Andersons, Inc.
1947
TechnologyThe transistor is invented.
FoundedItoham Foods Inc.FoundedVita Plus Corporation
1948
FoundedCJ Corporation
1953
FoundedCentral Garden & Pet Company
1955
1958
TechnologyThe integrated circuit is demonstrated.
1962
EnvironmentSilent Spring launches the modern environmental movement.
FoundedSadia S.A.
1971
EconomyThe dollar leaves the gold standard; currencies float.
1973
EconomyThe OPEC oil embargo triggers a global shock.
FoundedCranswick plc
1974
1975
TechnologyThe personal-computer era begins.
1979
EconomyA second oil crisis drives inflation higher worldwide.
1981
TechnologyThe IBM PC launches and sets a standard.
1984
TechnologyApple ships the Macintosh; the GUI era begins.
FoundedRidley Corporation Ltd.
1987
EconomyBlack Monday: markets fall sharply around the world.
1989
HistoryThe Berlin Wall falls; global markets open up.
1991
TechnologyThe World Wide Web is released to the public.
1993
TechnologyThe Mosaic browser brings the web to everyone.
FoundedNutreco Holding N.V.
1994
1995
TechnologyWindows 95 launches; the internet goes mainstream.
FoundedGlanbia plc
1997
EconomyThe Asian financial crisis rattles global markets.
EnvironmentThe Kyoto Protocol sets the first climate targets.
FoundedCHS Inc.
1998
2000
EconomyThe dot-com bubble bursts.
2004
TechnologySocial media and Web 2.0 take hold.
2007
TechnologyThe iPhone launches the smartphone era.
2008
EconomyThe global financial crisis freezes credit worldwide.
2010
TechnologyCloud computing goes mainstream for business.
2015
EnvironmentThe Paris Agreement sets global climate targets.
2020
EconomyThe COVID-19 pandemic upends the global economy.
2022
EconomyInflation spikes; central banks raise rates sharply.
2023
TechnologyGenerative AI reaches mainstream business use.
§ 02

The companies

Eridania Béghin-Say S.A. →
Active · founded 1821 · France
Eridania Béghin-Say S.A.
Purina Mills, Inc. →
Active · founded 1894
Purina Mills, Inc.
IAWS Group plc →
Active · founded 1897 · Ireland
From its late 19th-century origins in Ireland's cooperative movement, IAWS Group plc has grown into a leading food…
San Miguel Corporation →
Active · founded 1913 · Philippines
Best known for its internationally distributed beer, San Miguel Corporation can only be described in superlatives.
Charoen Pokphand Group →
Active · founded 1921 · Thailand
Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) is one of Thailand's largest companies and one of the first true Asian multinationals.
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company →
Active · founded 1923
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) is one of the world's leading processors and distributors of agricultural products…
Seaboard Corporation →
Active · founded 1928
Seaboard Corporation is a diversified company whose largest business consists of pork production for domestic and…
Cargill, Incorporated →
Active · founded 1936
Cargill, Incorporated is the largest private corporation in the United States.
The Andersons, Inc. →
Active · founded 1947
The Andersons, Inc.
Itoham Foods Inc. →
Active · founded 1948 · Japan
Japanese company Itoham Foods Inc.
Vita Plus Corporation →
Active · founded 1948
Computerized formulas, which Vita Plus provided to individual farmers, continued to play a central role in the…
CJ Corporation →
Active · founded 1953 · South Korea
South Korea's largest food manufacturer, CJ Corporation, is also one of the world's leading producers of such food…
Central Garden & Pet Company →
Active · founded 1955
From its position as the largest distributor of lawn and garden and pet supplies in the United States in the late…
Midwest Grain Products, Inc. →
Active · founded 1957
Based in Atchison, Kansas, Midwest Grain Products, Inc.
Sadia S.A. →
Active · founded 1971 · Brazil
Sadia S.A.
Cranswick plc →
Active · founded 1974 · United Kingdom
England's Cranswick plc has transformed itself from a regional pork and pig feed producer into a diversified company…
Ridley Corporation Ltd. →
Active · founded 1987 · Australia
Ridley Corporation Ltd.
Nutreco Holding N.V. →
Active · founded 1994 · The Netherlands
Netherlands-based Nutreco Holding N.V.
Glanbia plc →
Active · founded 1997 · Ireland
Glanbia plc is Ireland's top dairy foods producer and one of Europe's major dairy food groups, with a significant…
CHS Inc. →
Active · founded 1998
CHS Inc.
Terrena L'Union CANA CAVAL →
Active · founded 2004 · France
Terrena L'Union CANA CAVAL is one of France's top three cooperatives and one of the country's leading agro-industrial…
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