Bunge Group is one of the world’s largest processors of oil seeds and a leading manufacturer of bottled vegetable oils. Bunge operates on five continents (30 countries worldwide), managing 450 manufacturing plants and employing a staff of more than 25 000.
The Group is lead by Bunge Limited, a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE-BG), with its head office in White Plains, New York, USA.
Established in 1818 in Amsterdam, Bunge initially specialised in crop trading. The current business model of the Group consists of a fully integrated system including various processes: from the manufacturing of fertilisers, through the planting and processing of agricultural produce, to the manufacturing and distribution of foodstuffs.
The core business focus of the Bunge Group is:
• planting, buying and processing of crops and oil seeds,
• manufacturing of fertilisers and animal feed components,
• processing oilseeds for meal to be used by animal feed industry and oil for the food
industry and biofuel sector,
• processing wheat and maize for the food and baking industries and other customers,
• manufacturing bottled oils, mayonnaise, margarines and other consumer foodstuffs,
• Bunge operates as part of a global processing infrastructure and integrates areas of
intensive agricultural production with key global markets of foodstuffs consumption.