| 1953
|
Started
out as Zuellig Agri Healthcare, a department
operating under Swoiss-based pharmaceutical and
agricultural giant – Zuellig Group
|
| 1994 |
Major
corporate restructure took place. Agsin Pte Ltd and
Zuellig Agrochem Corporation (Philippines) were
acquired and various Zuellig agri businesses in Asia
were grouped together and renamed The Zagro Group
|
| 1995 |
Acquired
20% interest in Zuellig Chemicals Sdn Bhd, a
Malaysian company engaged in the manufacture of
agrochemicals and in sales/distribution of agro and
vet products
|
| 1996 |
On
17 June 1996, Zagro Group was listed on SESDAQ under
the Stock Exchange of Singapore
|
| 1997 |
Acquired
premix manufacturing plant from Gold Coin Group and
renamed it Zagro Asia (Tianjin) Co Ltd. Company is
involved in manufacturing and distribution of animal
premix for China market
Acquired
agro distribution and formulation plant in Pakistan
and renamed it Zagro NPC (Private) Ltd
Zagro
Singapore Pte Ltd received ISO9002 certification for
manufacturing quality from PSB. Also received IEC
SINGLAS certificate award for laboratory
accreditation
|
| 1998 |
Set
up a joint-venture operation for the marketing and
distribution of agrochemicals in India under Zagro
Industries (India) Pte Ltd. Zagro Asia (Tianjin) Co
Ltd was awarded ISO9002 certification by Det Norske
Veritas of the Netherlands.
Zagro’s
Employees’ Share Option Scheme was approved.
|
| 1999 |
On
23 August, disaster struck. A fire broke out at
Zagro’s factory at 5 Woodlands Terrace and it was
totally engulfed in flames
On
25 August, 2 days later, business continued as usual
at alternative facilities.
|
| 2000 |
On
10 July, Zagro was officially transferred to the
Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Singapore
Developed
3 global B2B exchangeplus portals to power the
Group’s life sciences business
On
3 August, launched www.agroconnect.com
, a B2B global exchange for crop care business.
Following its success, www.vetsquare.com
catering to animal health products and www.wtopharma.com
for human healthcare products were launched
Green
Dot Capital, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore
Technologies Pte Ltd, invested in AgroExchangePlus
Pte Ltd, our e-business for crop care.
|
| 2001 |
Green
Dot Capital exercised its option and invested
further in AgroExchangePlus Pte Ltd
The
Group completed the disposal of Zagro Asia (Tianjin)
Co Ltd
The
Group acquired an additional 60% interest in Zuellig
Chemical Sdn Bhd. It became a subsidiary of the
Group and changed its name to Zagro Chemicals Sdn
Bhd.
|
| 2002 |
Zagro
entered into negotiations to acquire Fezagro Co. Ltd
|
| 2003 |
Completed
acquisition of Fezagro Co. Ltd, Thailand in May 2003
Signed
sales and purchase agreement with Novartis Animal
Health Inc to acquire 2 global ectoparasiticide
product lines marketed under the following brand
names: Neocidol®, Steladone®,
Esteladon®, Nucidol®,
Neocidol® B ear tag, Diacap®,
Eureka Gold®, Diazin®,
Neocid® and Diazinol®
|
| 2004 |
Incorporation
of P.T. Zagro
Indonesia
,
Zagro Animal Health and Zagro Europe GmbH
Awarding
of ISO9001:2000 and GMP certifications to Zagro’s
production and laboratory facilities
Acquisition
of global ectoparasiticide brands, Neocidol and
Steladone, from Novartis Animal Health Inc.
Option
Agreement with Green Dot Investments Pte Ltd (GDI)
on July 2004, under which Zagro shares are to be
issued to GDI as purchase consideration to acquire
all of the AgroExchangePlus Pte Ltd’s shares that
GDI holds, over a five-year period
|
| 2005 |
Incorporation of Zagro South Africa Pty Ltd
Signing of trademark and license agreement with Schering Plough Pty Ltd, Australia for the right to use Eureka Gold, a patented product we acquired in the portfolio of ectoparasiticide products lines from Novartis Animal Health Inc.
|
|
2006 |
Appointed as
exclusive global distributor of Seabait® SPF marine
polychaete worms for the maturation of fish and
shrimp broodstock.
Launch of new
micro-encapsulation and waterbase formulations (Diacap®
and Neocidol® 600EW) for global markets.
AgroexchangePlus becomes a fully-owned subsidiary. |
