AGRO Merchants Group acquires ADB Cool Company
Carlos Rodriguez, Partner and President of AGRO Merchants Europe said, “ADB is a family business with strong values, great culture, and a focus on innovation. They recently implemented an automated grape cutting line. We share the same vision and are honored to have ADB as part of our team. Alex and Jacqueline de Bruijn will continue to manage all aspects of the company. ADB will reinforce AGRO’s position in the Rotterdam area, including commodity growth efforts and strategy to support our customers’ trade flows in conjunction with our other European, U.S. and South American operations.”
ADB Cool Company is a family business founded more than 80 years ago to support cooling and storage of Westland grapes and lily bulbs. ADB successfully developed additional capabilities to handle other products and continues to grow within the fruit sector. ADB has storage capacity of 14,000 pallets and 160,000 m3 with multiple rooms to handle a wide variety of temperatures including deep-frozen. Service offerings include: repacking, quality inspections, ripening, flow packing, grape cutting and others. Quality certifications include BRC Storage & Distribution, IFS Logistics, ISO 9001:2008, SKAL and AEO.
To learn more, please visit AGRO’s website at www.agromerchants.com.
For more information:
Bart van de Glind
AGRO Merchants Group
Tel: +31 (0) 342 411 311
Email: bart@benedenboven.nl