The Company
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Founded in 1981, the company has become one of the leading companies in grains merchandising in Greece, trading in numerous countries in the Eastern Mediterranean area.
Being true professionals committed to continuous growth and improvement, in combination with our know-how/expertise in providing high quality services ranks us high in our field/industry. Our key success factors: Cost-efficiency through fast-yet well thought- operations that make the difference Reliable solutions to our customers' needs Our people/skilled personnel |
Financials
our history
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Paul Della Tolla (snr) born in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1909, of Greek Italian descent (island of Tinos) moved to Athens, Greece in the mid 30's, where he started a cotton merchandising and ginning business until the start of World War II. During the 1940-45 War, enlisted in the Greek Army and later on in the Greek Resistance movement and was awarded the Franco-British Cross. At the end of the War and the Civil War that followed in Greece, he started again his cotton merchandising and ginning business and expanded into the grain business inaugurating thus his collaboration with Continental Grain in 1957. It is this business that gave birth in 1981 to Conti SA - Athens that later was merged with Dimitriaki S.A. in its present form. Paul Della Tolla (snr) is survived by his son Paul and 2 grand children.
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Michel Fribourg, a dominant figure in the international grain business during his long tenure as chairman and chief executive officer at Continental Grain Co., died in April 10 2001 in New York. He was 87 years old.
During five decades at the helm of Continental Grain, Michel Fribourg expanded his family's business into more than 70 countries and transformed Continental Grain into one of the largest agribusiness firms in the world. |
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A pioneer in international trade, Fribourg personally negotiated ground-breaking grain sales in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 70s. In subsequent years, he expanded trade with China and established some of the first joint-venture businesses in that country. He was a strong advocate of open world trafe and freedom from government involvement in agricultural markets.
Born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1913, Fribourg was the fifth generation of his family to manage the family business, which was founded in Belgium in 1813.
Fribourg joined Continental Grain in 1931 and worked in various offices until the start of World War II, when he and his family moved to the United States. During the War, Fribourg served in the U.S. Army intelligence and became a U.S. citizen. At the end of the War, he became the fifth generation of his family to direct Continental Grain after his father died in 1944. He was C.E.O. from 1944 to 1988 and chairman until 1994.
In the 1960s, Fribourg began to expand Continental's operations by acquiring a majority interest (51%) in Allied Mills, one of the largest commercial feed producers in the U.S. Through that acquisition, Continental became a major producer of poultry and pork, and one of the world's largest cattle feeders.
The family-owned concern, Continental Grain Company, divested its grain merchandising operations in 1999, largely through the sale of those assets to Cargill, Inc.
Fribourg is survived by his wife, Mary Ann, of New York; three sons, Paul and Robert, of New York, and Charles of Geneva, Switzerland; two daughters, Nadine Newman (passed away in 2011) and Caroline Rosen, both of New York; two sisters, Renee Haas and Marcelle Zunz, both of Paris; and 13 grandchildren.
Born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1913, Fribourg was the fifth generation of his family to manage the family business, which was founded in Belgium in 1813.
Fribourg joined Continental Grain in 1931 and worked in various offices until the start of World War II, when he and his family moved to the United States. During the War, Fribourg served in the U.S. Army intelligence and became a U.S. citizen. At the end of the War, he became the fifth generation of his family to direct Continental Grain after his father died in 1944. He was C.E.O. from 1944 to 1988 and chairman until 1994.
In the 1960s, Fribourg began to expand Continental's operations by acquiring a majority interest (51%) in Allied Mills, one of the largest commercial feed producers in the U.S. Through that acquisition, Continental became a major producer of poultry and pork, and one of the world's largest cattle feeders.
The family-owned concern, Continental Grain Company, divested its grain merchandising operations in 1999, largely through the sale of those assets to Cargill, Inc.
Fribourg is survived by his wife, Mary Ann, of New York; three sons, Paul and Robert, of New York, and Charles of Geneva, Switzerland; two daughters, Nadine Newman (passed away in 2011) and Caroline Rosen, both of New York; two sisters, Renee Haas and Marcelle Zunz, both of Paris; and 13 grandchildren.