1978Comendador Alexandrino Garcia diversifies the business of Grupo Algar with the acquisition of Fujiwara, in the town of Uberlândia/MG, a cotton processing company with a crushing capacity of 400 tons/day.
1982Expansion of the crushing capacity to 600 tons/day.
1985Substitution of cotton crushing for soybean crushing.
1989Expansion boosts crushing capacity to 1200 tons/day. Beginning of oil refining activities of 200 tons/day with automatic packing.
1996Daily crushing capacity increases to 1500 tons.
1999First company in Latin America to obtain simultaneously the excellence certificates in environmental management (ISO 14001) and quality (Iso 9002).
2000Crushing capacity increases to 1800 tons/day.
2001Investments in capacity and improving refining process allow for an increase in oil production to 400 tons/day.
2006Soybean oil starts being packaged in PET bottles; acquisition of a grain silo in the city of Coromandel/MG with storage capacity of 50 thousand tons; and innauguration of the Porto Franco/MA unit with a crushing capacity of 1600 tons/day and storage capacity for 60 thousand tons.
2007Storage capacity expansion in the State of Maranhão, with grain silos in Chapadinha (18 thousand tons) and Ilha de Balsas (36
thousand tons).
2008To reinforce the Company’s positioning as a ‘national company with regional reach’ the ABC soybean oil is renamed ‘ABC de Minas’ and the mix of products is expanded to include olive oil, vegetable oil and tomato paste and sauce. Acquisition of Campos Lindos/TO warehouse with a storage capacity of 50 thousand tons.
2009ABC Inco is renamed Algar Agro in a company-wide rebranding strategy.
2011Expansion in operations in the North/Northeastern regions of Brazil with the building of a refinery in the Porto Franco/MA unit, an investment of R$50 million.