
HVA Timeline

2022
2022

Easing of Covid-19 related measures in most EU countries
2021
2021

New activities in Nepal, Ghana, Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia, USA, Kenya, Turkey, Greece, Italy, India, Uzbekistan, Sierra Leone & Namibia.
2020
2020

New activities in South East Africa, Afghanistan, Egypt & Russia
2020

Acquisition activities, Latin America
2019
2019

Poultry Abattoir, North Africa
1991
1989
1989

Creation of the Internet/ World Wide Web
1982
1982

HVA sets up WAMCO IDL the largest dairy in Africa
1980
1980

Large scale integrated poultry projects in a.o. Saudi Arabia, Lybia and Sudan
1980

1980 Acquisition of H. G. Th. Crone (Est. 1790) and its subsidiaries
1977
1977

Setup of Sennar sugar factory in Sudan
1976
1976

Opening of Palmoil factory in Amazonas – Brazil
1975
1975

Transfer of HVA – Ethiopia shares to the Ethiopian army
1971
1971

Acquisition of Mirandolle, Voute en Co N.V.
1971

Rehabilitation of the Sidamanik Tea farm in Sumatra-Indonesia
1970
1970

Establishment of the Brazilian Palmoil project “Denpasa”
1969
1969

Building of “Victoria” – Palmoil farm and factory in Surinam
1969

Capacity expansion works on the Indonesian Djatitoro and Semboro sugar factories
1965
1965

Third HVA sugar factory in Ethiopia: Metahara
1963
1960
1960

Setup of the Kilombero sugar factory in Tanzania
1959
1959

Sputnik is launched by the USSR
1958
1958

Establishment of the United HVA companies Ltd. (VHVAM)
1957
1957

End of HVA’s 78 years activities in Indonesia
1953
1953

Advent of color television
1951
1951

Start of the sugar sector in Ethiopia by HVA
1945
1942
1942

HVA staff inprisoned in Indonesia by invaders (149 of them perished)
1941
1941

Pearl Harbour attack (7/12/1941)
1941

Acquisition of Njoenjoer coffee company
1940
1940

HVA headquarters moved from Amsterdam to Surabaya
1939
1938
1938

HVA reaches 7 billion € assets under management
1928
1920
1920

HVA in the top 10 of agricultural producers and traders in the world
1917
1917

Treaty of Versailles
1914
1880
1880

HVA has the largest sugar production capacity in the world
1879
1879

HVA begins trading
1878
1878
