Wilbur-Ellisย history, company profile (overview) and corporate video
ย ย Wilbur-Ellis Holdings, Inc. is a holdingย companyย with divisions in agribusiness, specialty chemicals and ingredients and feed. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
ย ย The company offers chemicals, fertilizers, animal feed, pesticides, and food ingredients.
HISTORY
ย ย Wilbur-Ellis was established in 1921 when three schoolmates from the University of Washington, Brayton Wilbur, Floyd Ellis and Thomas Franck open a small import-export brokerage trading company in San Francisco with a $5,000 investment. The newly created Wilbur-Ellis focuses on trading ๏ฌshmeal and ๏ฌsh oil.
ย ย In the 1930s, the company acquired Connell Brothers, a distributor of food and other products.
ย ย In the 1990s, John Taylor Fertilizers was acquired.
ย ย In the 2000s, the company acquired Ripon Farm Service and Schall Chemical.
ย ย With more than 2.000 employees, Wilbur-Ellis Holdings, Inc. is considered one of the Largest Public Companies in the World, according to Forbes.
*Information from Forbes.com, Wikipedia.org, andย www.wilburellis.com.
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