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Amira Nature Foods is an Indian food company best known for processing and distributing basmati rice and related food products. It is one of the largest sellers of Indian-grown basmati rice in the world.〔Sarah Nassauer, (“White, Red, Black or Wild – Which Kind of Rice Is your Favorite?” ) ''Wall Street Journal'', October 15, 2014.〕 ==History== Amira Nature Foods was founded in 1915 under the name Nav Bharat by B.D. Chanana, as a trading house buying and selling locally-grown beans.〔Chelsey Dulaney, (“Amira Nature Foods Posts Strong Profit, Revenue,” ) ''Wall Street Journal'', August 28, 2014.〕〔Rod Addy, (“Amira G Foods targets foodservice next,” ) Food Manufacture, October 13, 2014.〕〔(“The First 100 Years,” ) In Pursuit of the Palate. Accessed November 12, 2015.〕 The company was later taken over by B.D. Chanana's son, Karam Chanana. In 1968, the third generation of the family, Anil Chanana, joined the company, changed the name to Amira, and began focusing on exporting.〔〔(History ), amira.net. Accessed November 12, 2015.〕 Karan A. Chanana, the current chairman and CEO, is in the fourth generation of his family to run the company.〔 The company is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,〔Maddie Sorensen, (“Amira Nature Foods Upgraded to Buy by Zacks,” ) Dakota Financial News, August 10, 2015.〕 with additional offices in India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.〔John Blank, (“My Findings on the Amira (ANFI) Debacle,” ) Zacks, February 11, 2015.〕〔(“Amira Signs ‘Public’ as Advertising and Branding Agency,” ) Amira.net, April 2, 2015.〕 Amira Nature Foods is the parent company of Amira Pure Foods, the Indian farming subsidiary that operates a 310,000 square-foot processing and milling facility in basmati rice paddy-producing regions of North India.〔〔(Profile of Amira Nature Foods Ltd., ) ''New York Times''. Accessed November 12, 2015.〕 Since 2008, the company has been selling products under its Amira brand.〔 Amira Nature Foods went public on the New York Stock Exchange in October 2012.〔 In December 2013, in an effort to further expand into the European market, Amira announced a deal to purchase Basmati Rice GmbH, a Germany-based distributor of rice, primarily basmati. It was the company's first acquisition since going public.〔Marilyn Much, (“Amira Nature Foods Makes Its Name On A Grain Of Rice,” ) Investors.com, January 15, 2014.〕 In 2014, Amira Pure Foods announced an e-retailing partnership with Snapdeal to sell its basmati rice online.〔(“Amira rice ties up with Snapdeal for e-retailing,” ) ''The Economic Times'', October 21, 2014.〕 As of 2014, the products are sold to retailers in 40 countries, including the US, UK, India, Finland, Sweden and Denmark.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amira Nature Foods」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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