Carrs Milling Industries plc
Carrs Milling Industries plc

Company History

2008 Acquisition of J M Raine (ground care equipment distributor)
2007 Acquisition of Johnstone Fuels and Lubricants
2006 Formation of Crystalyx Products GmbH, a joint venture company with Agravis (low moisture feed blocks) in Germany
  Formation by Carrs Billington Agriculture (Sales) of Bibby Agriculture joint venture animal feed and farming supplies) in Wales
  Formation of Afgritech, a joint venture company in Langwathby with Afgri Operations based in South Africa
2005 Acquisition of Wallace Oils
  Acquisition by Carrs Billington Agriculture (Operations) of W&J Pye animal feed producing assets
2004 Sale of Bendalls site in Carlisle and new site commissioned
  Acquisition of Meneba UK flour milling business (2 mills)
2002 Reorganisation of Carrs Billington Agriculture, Sales and Operations
  Acquisition of assets of engineering business Master Slave Manipulators
2001 Foot and Mouth Disease affects UK and in particular Cumbria and SW England
2000 Acquisition of AF PLC (2 animal feed mills and 4 retail outlets)
1999 Formation of Joint Venture, Carrs Billington Agriculture, to supply animal feed from two mills.
  Sale of remaining 50% holding in Robertsons (plant baker).
  Commission of Animal Feed Supplement’s second plant, in South Dakota, USA
1998 Closure of animal feed mill at Silloth, Cumbria
1997 Acquisition of Animal Feed Supplement, Oklahoma, USA
1996 Acquisition of Bendalls, Carlisle
  BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)
1982 Re-registration as a PLC
1972 Listing on the London Stock Exchange
1950 Changed name from Carrs Flour Mills Limited to Carrs Milling Industries Limited
1908 Carrs Flour Mills Limited incorporated
  De-merge from Carr & Co. Limited when Carrs Flour Mills Limited acquired the flour milling assets
1831 Company Founded by Jonathan Dodgson Carr
   
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