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Sun Gro Horticulture is a producer of peat moss and bark-based growing mixes for professional use in North America. ==History== 1929 Founded in Vancouver as Western Peat Company Ltd. 1947 Opens new production facilities operating in Manitoba, Canada. 1964 Opens production facilities in Maisonnette, New Brunswick. 1974 Sold to S.B. Mclaughlin Associates, LTD 1980 Sold to Fisons PLC and renamed Fisons Western Peat Moss Ltd. 1982 Renamed to Fisons Horticulture when the Fisons PLC acquisition was completed.〔(AlbertaHub Industry ) Sun Gro profile〕 1984 Acquired operations of Langley Peat North, Ltd. of Seba Beach, Alberta. 1987 Opened two new satellite mix plants, one in Quincy, Michigan and the second in Terrell, Texas. 1993 Sold to Macluan Capital Inc., and renamed Sun Gro Horticulture, Inc. 1995 Hines Horticulture, Inc. acquired Sun Gro-U.S. and its subsidiaries. 1998 Hines Horticulture, Inc. acquired Lakeland Peat Moss, Ltd. and Pacific Soils, Inc. including their product line.〔(Hines Horticulture Recent Acquisitions )〕 1999 Sun Gro as a subsidiary of Hines Horticulture, Inc. Acquires Pro Gro Products, Inc.〔Acquired Strong-Lite Products Corp.(Hines Horticulture Acquires Pro Gro; Sun Gro Acquires Leading Producer of Bark Based Professional Growing Mixes )〕 2002 Hines Horticulture, Inc. sold Sun Gro Horticulture in a Canadian initial public offering.〔(Hines Horticulture Completes Sale of Sun Gro Business for $120 Million. 27-MAR-02 )〕 2004 Acquired Lameque Quality Group. 2004 Sun Gro Horticulture paid US $6 million to acquire Scotts' professional growing products.〔(Sun Gro to Acquire Assets of The Scotts Company’s Professional Growing Media Business 29-Jul-04 )〕 2005 Acquired Pigeon Hill Peat. 2006 Acquired Normiska Peat. 2007 Sun Gro acquired Quebec peat moss producer Tourbiere Omer Belanger Inc. for $3.9 million.〔(Sun Gro completes Quebec acquisition, strengthens long-term peat moss supply )〕 2007 Acquired Kellogg-Rich Grow. 2007 Acquired Grow Best Holdings, LLC for US$20.3 million. Grow Best Holdings owns Florida Potting Soils, Inc. and Sunshine Peat, Inc., both based in Orlando, Florida. 2011 The company is acquired by 1582956 Alberta Ltd.〔http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/07/c8628.html〕 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「Sun Gro Horticulture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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