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Latest news stories from COFCO International.
COFCO International to divest seeds business
COFCO International has entered into an agreement to sell its Nidera Seeds business to Syngenta.
COFCO International appoints Jing Wu as new CFO
COFCO International has appointed Jing Wu as its new Chief Financial Officer with immediate effect.
Responsible Footprint Initiative
As part of our efforts to connect supply and demand responsibly – as well as managing our environmental impact - COFCO International is working with producers to measure and validate the carbon footprint of its coffee supply chains in Brazil and Colombia, two of the world’s major producing counties.
Nidera seeds sells global sorghum portfolio
Nidera Seeds, together with Chromatin Inc., a US based company focused on sorghum seeds, announced Chromatin’s purchase of Nidera Seeds’ global sorghum portfolio. The sale includes Nidera’s sorghum assets, including its commercial sorghum products, research and development pipeline, associated intellectual property, inventory, and numerous market authorizations.
Day 1 of COFCO International
Today, April 24th 2017, our CEO Johnny Chi will launch COFCO International, a result of Nidera and COFCO Agri joining forces.
Acquisition of Nidera completed
The acquisition of Nidera by COFCO has been completed on 28 February, 2017.
Acquisition Nidera officially approved
COFCO International (“COFCO”) announced today that all required regulatory approvals have been received, allowing COFCO International to acquire the remaining minority stake in Nidera Capital B.V. (“Nidera”), currently held by Cygne B.V. The acquisition brings COFCO International’s ownership in Nidera to 100%.
Patrick Yu on World Economic Forum
Patrick Yu, Chairman of our Supervisory Board, attended the World Economic Forum in Davos last week.