Vilmorin (company)
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | FR0000052516 |
| founding | 1743 |
| Seat | La Ménitré , Maine-et-Loire department |
| Number of employees | over 7,000 |
| sales | 1.6 billion EUR (2017-2018) |
| Branch | Agriculture, seeds |
| Website | https://www.vilmorincie.com |
Vilmorin & Cie. is a publicly listed seed company. According to its own information, the company is the fourth largest seed producer in the world and belongs to the Limagrain Group . The company is part of the CAC Small share index.
history
Vilmorin was founded in 1742 as a plant and seed business by the seed expert Claude Geoffroy and her husband Pierre Andrieux , the chief gardener of King Louis XV. , founded as "Coq de la Bonne Foy". The shop was located on Quai de la Mégisserie in Paris . In 1774 their daughter Adelaide married the botanist Philippe-Victoire Levêque de Vilmorin (1746–1804). Philippe-Victoire de Vilmorin began importing tree species and exotic plants in 1766. Among these was the turnip .
Other company directors or members of the family were:
- Philippe André de Vilmorin (1776–1862)
- Louis de Vilmorin (1816-1860)
- Elisa Bailly de Vilmorin (1826–1868)
- Henry de Vilmorin (1843-1899)
- Maurice de Vilmorin (1849-1918)
- Philippe de Vilmorin (1872-1917)
- Jacques de Vilmorin (1882-1933)
- Louis de Vilmorin (1883-1944)
- Louise de Vilmorin (1902-1969)
- Olivier de Vilmorin (1904–1962)
- Roger de Vilmorin (1905-1980)
- André de Vilmorin (1907-1987)
The company was family-owned until 1972; Since 1975 it has been owned by the cooperative agricultural group Limagrain, which expanded the business through acquisitions and in 1993 brought the company to the stock exchange (but still holds the majority).
Brands
Today's brands of Vilmorin are:
- American Bio Corporation,
- Ferry Morse,
- Harris Moran (USA)
- Sutton Seeds (United Kingdom)
- Nickerson-Zwaan (Germany, Netherlands)
- Hazera Genetics (Israel)
- Kyowa Seeds, Mikado Seed Growers (Japan)
- Vilmorin, Oxadis, Clause Tézier (France)
- Marco Polo Seed (Thailand)
- Anadolu (Turkey)
- LPTH (China)
- Australian Grain Technologies (Australia)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ En Bref. Vilmorin & Cie SA, accessed December 9, 2018 .
- ↑ In letter. Vilmorin & Cie SA, accessed December 9, 2018 .
- ↑ About the company / History on vilmorin-garden.pl