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2015
      Two new Distribution Centers are opened in Latin America. Two trading companies are acquired: IMTP, in Australia (which assumed the name Minerva Foods Asia following acquisition) and INTERMEAT, in Ba- rueri, SP. Both operate as livestock protein importers/ exporters. Minerva Energia is created as a company op- erating in the energy trading industry.
2017
Frigorífico Red Cárnica S.A., lo- cated in Montería, Colombia, is acquired and a contract is executed to lease an abattoir unit in Asun- ción, Paraguay.
2016
Minerva Foods celebrates 25 years since its founding. This same year, it acquires nine meatpacking plants in South America: three in Paraguay, one in Uruguay and five in Argentina, where the Company also ob- tained two meat processing units and one Distribution Center, a major step in the Company’s history of acquisitions. Miner- va Foods Europe opens in Great Britain, aimed at providing consulting and advising services in the foreign trade area, and a new international office opens in Singapore. Also during this year, Minerva Foods cele- brates 10 years as a company trading on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (B3 – Brasil, Bol- sa, Balcão) and is named 2016 Agribusiness Company of the Year in the annual “Biggest & Best” by Exame magazine.
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