Grain Elevator - Elevator Companies

Elevator Companies

Australia

• Prime Manufacturing - Bucket Elevator Components Manufacturer
• ABB Grain – founded as a mutual company, the Australian Barley Board, in 1939, by barley growers in South Australia and Victoria; after demutualization, it was acquired by Viterra (see below) in 2009; Australian Bulk Alliance, a joint venture between ABB and Sumitomo, operates facilities in some areas.
• Co-operative Bulk Handling (CBH) – a cooperative company, established by grain growers in Western Australia, in 1933.
• Graincorp – established by the Government of New South Wales in 1918, as Government Grain Elevator; privatized circa 1990; acquired its counterparts in Victoria in 1999 and AWB Limited, a competitor and nationwide grain exporter, in 2010.

Canada All companies operating elevators in Canada must be licensed by the Canadian Grain Commission, which maintains a list of all licensed companies currently operating in the country.

• Cargill – established in 1865 by W.W. Cargill.
• Richardson International – established in 1857 by James Richardson. Also known as Richardson Pioneer.
• Paterson grain – established in 1908 as the N. M. Paterson Co.
• Parrish & Heimbecker – established in 1909 by two families William Parrish and Norman G. Heimbecker.
• Independent Grain Co. – taken over by (Richardson) Pioneer in 1953.
• Alberta Pacific Grain Co. – taken over by Federal Grain Co. in 1967.
• Searle (grain) – amalgamated with Federal Grain Co. in 1967.
• Federal Grain – sold to the three Provincial wheat pools in 1972.
• The National Grain Co. – taken over by Cargill in 1974.
• Manitoba Wheat Pool – merged with Alberta Wheat Pool in 1997.
• Alberta Wheat Pool – merged with Manitoba Wheat Pool in 1997.
• United Grain Growers – taken over by Agricore United in 2001.
• Agricore United – taken-over by Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in 2007.
• Saskatchewan Wheat Pool – took-over Agricore United in 2007 to form Viterra.
• Viterra – established after the take-over of Agricore United by the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool.
• Louis Dreyfus Canada Ltd.

United States

• ADM Milling
• Agro Globe Engineering
• Cargill
• Ross Manufacturing Co.
• United Grain Growers