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About
ABF
Associated British Foods is an international food,
ingredients and retail group with annual sales
of U$S 9.9 billion and over 35,000 employees.The
group is one of Europe's largest food companies
with a wide range of successful brands and products
in the food sector, and an increasingly strong
presence in advanced research and technology.
A significant supplier of branded and non-branded
grocery products and a leading textile retailer,
we have significant businesses in Europe, Australasia
the United States and Latin America.The objective
of ABF is to concentrate their energies and expertise
on segments of the market where it can establish
a leading position. It has disposed of businesses
that do not fit this strategic focus and it is
actively pursuing acquisitions that will deliver
the sort of market presence it seek. As a group
it is also constantly searching for better, more
efficient and more profitable ways to manufacture
foods and ways to transfer technology to other
related sectors. It watchwords are efficiency,
quality, shareholder value and growth.
More
information : ABF – http://www.abf.co.uk
AB MAURI Hispanoamérica
– http://www.abmaurila.com
Businesses
Primary food & Agriculture:
ABF ocupa un papel central en la industria agrícola
del Reino Unido. A través de British Sugar,
es el más eficiente productor de azúcar
de Europa. También es el primer productor
de alimentos para animales en el Reino Unido y
compra a los granjeros más productos que
cualquier otro grupo. Con ABNA, un grupo de negocios
que incluye ABN, el Allied Grain Group, Trident
y Kings, es líder en productos y servicios
agrícolas en el Reino Unido y el exterior.
Sus productos son: azúcar, alimentos para
animales y semillas.
More
information in www.abf.co.uk/about/overview_food.asp
Grocery:
ABF is a major international manufacturer of both
branded and private label grocery products many
of which are household names such as Allinsons,
Kingsmill, Twinings, Ovaltine, Mazola, Silver
Spoon and Ryvita. Also dominates the low calories
sweeteners market in USA. ABF operates in this
division with infusions, vegetable oils, sugar
and sweeteners, baked products, flour, rice, vermicellis,
meat and milky products.
More information: http://www.abf.co.uk/about/overview_grocery.asp
Reatail:
ABF has a significant presence in High Street
retailing through its fast growing Primark value
fashion and clothing chain, trading from 120 stores
and around 2.3 million sq ft of selling space
in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
More information: http://www.abf.co.uk/about/overview_retail.asp
Ingredients:
ABF is the leader in bakery ingredients in the
UK and USA. It has the leader brand of the bread
market in Australia. The group produce bakery
ingredients, emulsifiers, enzymes, chemical agents,
polioles and antiacids.This division is an important
business growing area for ABF through a strategy
that bets to the investigation, the development
of products and the acquisition of new companies.The
bakery ingredients operations of ABF has place
in all the UK, the rest of Europe and the US,
also has interests in Brazil, China and Hispano-America.
Within the bakery ingredients area, yeasts and
enzymes are included the following companies:
AB Enzymes, Cereform and Mauri Products ABF is
focused on high added value ingredients. It applies
its skills in producing functional ingredients
from natural products, which are widely used by
the food industry. ABF is transferring its skills
to new growth areas such as the cosmetics and
pharmaceutical sector. Abitec Corporation in North
America is a leading supplier of such ingredients
to brand leaders in personal care products worldwide.
More information:
http://www.abf.co.uk/about/overview_ingredients.asp
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