HVA Timeline
2022
Easing of Covid-19 related measures in most EU countries
2021
New activities in Nepal, Ghana, Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia, USA, Kenya, Turkey, Greece, Italy, India, Uzbekistan, Sierra Leone & Namibia.
2020
Worldwide complications due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
New activities in South East Africa, Afghanistan, Egypt & Russia
Acquisition activities, Latin America
2019
Poultry Abattoir, North Africa
1991
Fall of the Berlin wall
1989
Creation of the Internet/ World Wide Web
1982
HVA sets up WAMCO IDL the largest dairy in Africa
1980
Large scale integrated poultry projects in a.o. Saudi Arabia, Lybia and Sudan
1980 Acquisition of H. G. Th. Crone (Est. 1790) and its subsidiaries
1977
Setup of Sennar sugar factory in Sudan
1976
Opening of Palmoil factory in Amazonas – Brazil
1975
Transfer of HVA – Ethiopia shares to the Ethiopian army
1971
Acquisition of Mirandolle, Voute en Co N.V.
Rehabilitation of the Sidamanik Tea farm in Sumatra-Indonesia
1970
Establishment of the Brazilian Palmoil project “Denpasa”
1969
Capacity expansion works on the Indonesian Djatitoro and Semboro sugar factories
Building of “Victoria” – Palmoil farm and factory in Surinam
1965
Third HVA sugar factory in Ethiopia: Metahara
1963
US President John F. Kennedy assasinated
1960
Setup of the Kilombero sugar factory in Tanzania
1959
Sputnik is launched by the USSR
1958
Establishment of the United HVA companies Ltd. (VHVAM)
1957
End of HVA’s 78 years activities in Indonesia
1953
Advent of color television
1951
Start of the sugar sector in Ethiopia by HVA
1945
End of the 2nd world war – and rehabilitation of the farms and factories
1942
HVA staff inprisoned in Indonesia by invaders (149 of them perished)
1941
Pearl Harbour attack (7/12/1941)
Acquisition of Njoenjoer coffee company
1940
HVA headquarters moved from Amsterdam to Surabaya
1939
Start of WWII
1938
HVA reaches 7 billion € assets under management
1928
Penicillin is discovered
1920
HVA in the top 10 of agricultural producers and traders in the world
1917
Treaty of Versailles
1914
The Panama Canal is completed
1880
HVA has the largest sugar production capacity in the world
1879
HVA begins trading
1878