Wilmar

     The holding company of the Wilmar Group is Wilmar Holdings Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. This company was founded in 1991 by Kuok Khoon Hong, a nephew of the Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok, and the Indonesian businessman Martua Sitorus. As Kuok is nick-named William, the name Wilmar probably is a combination of the names of the two founders. Later the American commodity trader ADM and the Chinese procurement agency COFCO became shareholders.

     Wilmar International Limited, headquartered in Singapore, is Asia’s leading agribusiness group. Wilmar is ranked amongst the largest listed companies by market capitalization on the Singapore Exchange.

      Wilmar’s business activities include oil palm cultivation, oil seed crushing, edible oil refining, sugar milling and refining, specialty fat, oleo chemical, biodiesel and fertilizer manufacturing and grain processing. At the core of Wilmar’s strategy is a resilient integrated agribusiness model that encompasses the entire value chain of the agricultural commodity processing business, from origination and processing to branding, merchandising and distribution of a wide range of agricultural products. It has over 500 manufacturing plants and an extensive distribution network covering China, India, Indonesia and some 50 other countries. The Group is backed by a multinational workforce of about 92,000 people.

     Wilmar’s portfolio of high quality processed agricultural products is the preferred choice of the food manufacturing industry, as well as the industrial and consumer food businesses. Its consumer-packed products occupy a leading share in its targeted markets. Through scale, integration and the logistical advantages of its business model, Wilmar is able to extract margins at every step of the value chain, thereby reaping operational synergies and cost efficiencies. Wilmar remains a firm advocate of sustainable growth and is committed to its role as a responsible corporate citizen.
     The Asian company had sales of R$ 38.8 billion in 2015.

(Fonte: A research paper prepared for Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) by Profundo july 2007 / site da empresa)