We opened our first office in Poland in 1990 following many years of grain trading in the country. Cargill has approximately 800 employees in ten locations in the country — Warsaw, Wroclaw, Sierpc, Sieldce, Ropczyce, Krzemieniewo, Krzepice, Gdansk, Kalisz-Lis and Kiszkowo. 

Cargill has activities in the following areas in Poland: 

• Animal nutrition, production and distribution 
• Production and sales of glucose syrup, starch and starch derivatives 
• Wheat gluten production 
• Grain and oilseed trading 
• Specialty food ingredients including texturisers
• Risk management 

Cargill Investments in Poland

 

• 2008 - Cargill announced the expansion of its wheat processing facility in Wroclaw, with the addition of a flour mill and development of its existing ethanol line.
• 2007 -  Cargill acquired LNB International feed BV, a privately held animal nutrition premix business, including its plant in Kiszkowo. This acquisition has extended Cargill's current suppy network to new markets while also adding premix to the portfolio.
• 2006 – Acquired Degussas food ingredients business, including its Polish site in Kalisz-Lis
• 2006 – Announced we will invest US$35 million in the expansion of our plant in Wroclaw 
• 2004 – Installed new production line to produce crude alcohol in its sweeteners plant in Wroclaw 
• 2002 – Divided our animal feed offerings in two: Cargill Animal Nutrition supplies feeds for the larger farmers and direct to customers, while Nutrena supplies feeds for small- and medium-sized farmers distributed via a dealers network 
• 2000 – Production began at our 100,000 metric ton plant in Krzepice. We also constructed a pet food plant adjacent to the feed mill