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Bunge Limited (formerly Bunge International, and prior to that Bunge y Born) is a global agribusiness and food company, incorporated in Bermuda,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bunge Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda ( for Bunge (BG) )〕 and headquartered in White Plains, United States. As well as being an international soybean exporter, it is also involved in food processing, grain trading, and fertilizer. It competes with Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland. The company has over 35,000 employees at 400 facilities in 40 countries.〔 == History == Bunge y Born was founded in 1818 by ''Johann Peter Gotlieb Bunge'' in Amsterdam, it was relocated to Antwerp by ''Edouard Bounge'' in 1859. Edouard's brother; ''Ernest Bunge'', took the Bunge name to Argentina in 1884, and in 1905 the business extended to Brazil and later on to the USA. The company was converted into the Bermuda-registered Bunge International in 1994, retaining the Bunge y Born name only in Argentina. Bunge remained a privately held company of 180 shareholders (including the longtime controlling family interests) and divested itself in 1998 of almost all its retail foods interests in favor of a greater role in international agribusiness and commodity markets; by then the company's gross annual turnover had reached US$13 billion.〔(''Clarín'': La retirada final del grupo Bunge & Born ) 〕 Bunge ultimately went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2001, becoming ''Bunge Limited''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Agricultural History - History of Bunge Limited )〕 In 1994, the Bermuda-registered Bunge International was created as the main company in which the families had shares. There were around 180 shareholders—the main families were Hirsch, Bunge, Born, Engels, and De La Tour. This replaced the older structure in which individual shareholders had stakes in all the different Bunge companies. Now only in Argentina does the Bunge y Born name still exist. In 2001, Bunge was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Through their three businesses—agribusiness, fertilizer, and food products—they have established a leading global presence in the farm-to-consumer food chain. Bunge is the world's largest oilseed processor, the world's number one seller of bottled vegetable oil to consumers and the largest producer and supplier of fertilizers to farmers in South America. In 2004, Bunge acquired Cereol, parent of oilseed companies Central Soya and CanAmera Foods.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bunge Limited to Acquire Ft. Wayne's Central Soya )〕 In 2008, Bunge acquired Walter Rau, a margarine company, from Germany. In 2009, Bunge acquired the margarine business from Raisio Group, maker of functional food ingredients.〔http://www.raisiogroup.com/www/page/Responsibility , retrieved 8 Nov. 2010〕 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「Bunge Limited」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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