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ECOM Agroindustrial is a global commodity trading and processing company based in Switzerland. The company specializes mainly in coffee, cocoa and cotton. ECOM has more than 40 offices located in over 30 countries all around the world. It is one of the largest coffee millers in the world. == History == ECOM was founded in 1849 by Jose Esteve as a cotton trading business in Spain. The Esteve family subsequently themselves established in the US in 1885 following developments in cotton farming. They expanded into Brazil in 1935 and in Mexico in 1948. ECOM was soon established and joined coffee trading in 1951 and cocoa in 1991. In 2000, ECOM bought the London-based coffee business of the Cargill company.〔 In 2012, ECOM purchased 13 million 60-kg bags of coffee or about 7% of the world's coffee. In 2013, ECOM announced the purchase of the commodity trading division of Armajaro Holdings, taking over its coffee, cocoa and sugar business.〔Marcy Nicholson (11 November 2013), ("Armajaro selling loss-making commodity trade arm to Ecom" ), ''Reuters'' Retrieved 12 May 2014.〕〔Isis Almeida (12 November 2013), ("Armajaro Trading Sold to Ecom After Loss of $7.6 Million" ), ''Bloomberg'', Retrieved 12 May 2014.〕 ECOM has subsidiaries in several countries, including Sangana Commodities in Kenya. 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「ECOM Agroindustrial」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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