Ebro Foods
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| Sociedad Anónima | |
| Traded as | BMAD: EBRO |
| Industry | Food processing |
| Founded | May 11, 1998 |
| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
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Key people
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Antonio Hernández Callejas (Chairman and CEO) |
| Products | Rice, pasta and sauces, food technology |
| Revenue | €1.702 billion (2010) |
| €201.0 million (2010) | |
| Profit | €388.8 million (2010) |
| Total assets | €2.885 billion (end 2010) |
| Total equity | €1.607 billion (end 2010) |
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Number of employees
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4,980 (average, 2010) |
| Website | www.ebrofoods.es |
Ebro Foods, S.A. (/ˈiːbroʊ fuːdz/; Spanish: [ˈeβɾo ˈfuðs]), formerly Ebro Puleva, is the leading company in the Spanish food processing sector. Ebro Foods is the world's largest traders/miller of rice and the second biggest producer of pasta (its Panzani brand is the market leader in France). The company's head office is in Madrid.
In 2005, Ebro Foods sold Catesa Foods for $37.9m. Catesa Foods specializes in tropical fruits, flowers and ornamental plants on Tenerife Island.
Ebro was previously the largest manufacturer of value-added dairy products in Spain, until it sold this business unit to Lactalis in March 2010 for €630 million. It also was Spain's largest sugar producer prior to the divestment of that division to the British Sugar subsidiary of Associated British Foods in 2009. Ebro Foods operates in 23 countries worldwide.
Ebro Foods owns one company in North America:
Ebro Foods owns the Puleva Biotech subsidiary, which engages in the research and development of new functional food products.
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