From the company’s early purchase in 1931 of Connell Bros. Company (Connell) to its largest acquisition in 2019 of Nachurs Alpine Solutions, Wilbur-Ellis has long achieved strategic growth through acquisition.
Beyond just getting bigger, acquisitions have enabled Wilbur-Ellis to expand its existing businesses, enter into new markets and geographies, and strengthen the company’s manufacturing capabilities.
This listing of the acquisitions made over the company’s history illustrates one of the most important ways Wilbur-Ellis has grown from a company created from a $5,000 investment in 1921 to a global enterprise with over $3 billion in annual sales.
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| Year | Acquisition | Business Unit | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Connell Bros. Company | Connell | Seattle, WA, USA |
| 1939 | Herring reduction plant (acquired before 1939) | Big Port Walter, AK, USA | |
| 1946 | Lloyd Steamship Company | ||
| 1949 | Marine Products Company | San Diego, CA, USA | |
| 1950 | Arizona Agro-Phosphate Company | Phoenix, AZ, USA | |
| 1951 | Dahican Lumber Company (partial interest) | Connell | Philippines |
| 1953 | Marine By-Products Company | Portland, OR, USA | |
| 1954 | Agro Phosphate Company | San Joaquin, CA, USA | |
| 1954 | Reinke & Amende, Inc. | Los Angeles & San Francisco, CA, USA | |
| 1958 | Expansion Mercantil Internacional, C.A. | Connell | Venezuela |
| 1959 | 3 WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARIES MERGED WITH WE Marine Products Company Arizona Agro-Phosphate Company Reinke & Amende, Inc. | ||
| 1959 | Commercial Commodities Company, Inc. | Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| 1960 | L. H. Butcher Company | Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| 1963 | L. H. Butcher became WE division | ||
| 1963 | L. H. Butcher metal finishing sold back to Udylite Corp. | ||
| 1964 | L. H. Butcher industrial chemicals sold to Central Solvents & Chemicals Co. | ||
| 1966 | New Mexico Cattle Supply Co. | Clovis, NM, USA | |
| 1967 | Portola | Monterey, CA, USA | |
| 1970 | Export log operation of Transpac Corp. | WA, USA | |
| 1971 | H. R. Spinner Company | Wenatchee, WA, USA | |
| 1971 | B. C. Ireland, Inc. | San Francisco, CA, USA | |
| 1972 | Chemical Resources, Pty., Ltd. (WE/CBC affiliate) | Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 1972 | S. A. Camp Fertilizer and Insecticide Co. | Bakersfield, CA, USA | |
| 1972 | California Sulfur Co. | Bakersfield, CA, USA | |
| 1973 | Poultry Processors, Inc. (partial interest & management) | Beaumont, CA, USA | |
| 1976 | Farrell Company | Ogden, UT, USA | |
| 1977 | El Rancho Milling Company | Clovis, NM, USA | |
| 1977 | Bellaire Products | Connell | Tallevast, FL, USA |
| 1977 | Mowe's Scientific Nutritional Service, Inc. | Upland, CA, USA | |
| 1978 | The Bosun’s Locker | Durban, South Africa | |
| 1978 | Calaveras | Copperopolis, CA, USA | |
| 1979 | Helena Chemical plant | Caldwell, ID, USA | |
| 1979 | Siam Technology Company, Ltd. (40%) | Thailand | |
| 1980 | Cape Craft and Andy’s Boat Shop (50% shareholding) | Cape Town, South Africa | |
| 1981 | Vermont Group, (minority interest) | Morrisville, VT, USA | |
| 1981 | Transpacific International Industries, Inc. (minority interest) | Seattle, WA, USA | |
| 1986 | FMC Sulfur facility | Earlimart, CA, USA | |
| 1987 | Connell Bros. Company merged into WE | ||
| 1987 | Brayton Chemicals, Inc. | West Burlington, IA, USA | |
| 1987 | RIGO Company | Buckner, KY, USA | |
| 1987 | Gardner & Smith, Inc. | Tekoa, WA, USA | |
| 1987 | Palouse Producers, Inc. | Pullman, WA, USA | |
| 1988 | Valley Fertilizer, Inc. | Mt. Vernon, WA, USA | |
| 1989 | Tide Products Co. | Edinburg, TX, USA | |
| 1989 | Premier Grain | Nutrition | Lethbridge, AB, Canada |
| 1989 | LAC | Canada | |
| 1989 | Haviland Agricultural, Inc. | Grand Rapids, MI, USA | |
| 1990 | BS&R Stainless Steel | Durban, South Africa | |
| 1990 | Chipman Chemical Company (US seed treatment business) | ||
| 1991 | Compliance Services International, Inc. (partial interest) | Tacoma, WA, USA | |
| 1991 | Haviland Agricultural, Inc. merged into WE | ||
| 1992 | Harricros Chemicals Pte. Ltd. | Singapore | |
| 1992 | Oliver Industrial Supply Ltd. Oliver | Western Canada | |
| 1993 | PureGro Co. (Central Arizona business units) | Central AZ, USA | |
| 1994 | Barber Cashew Supply Corporation | ||
| 1996 | Siam Source Trading Ltd. | ||
| 1996 | A&J Fertilizer | Agribusiness | |
| 1996 | Tex-Ag | Agribusiness | TX, USA |
| 1996 | RIGO Company sold | ||
| 1997 | IMC Vigoro fertilizer plant | Agribusiness | Harrisburg, OR, USA |
| 1998 | Starr Ag | Agribusiness | Albany, OR, USA |
| 1998 | Willamette Seed Company | Agribusiness | OR, USA |
| 1999 | John Taylor Fertilizer | Agribusiness | Rio Linda, CA, USA |
| 1999 | Delta Industries (Acquired with John Taylor) | Agribusiness | CA, USA |
| 1999 | Glenn Fertilizer (Acquired with John Taylor) | Agribusiness | CA, USA |
| 1999 | Roy Reigels Chemicals (Acquired with John Taylor) | Agribusiness | CA, USA |
| 1999 | Precision Applications Inc. (Acquired with John Taylor) | Agribusiness | CA, USA |
| 1999 | Express Chemical | Connell | Malaysia |
| 1999 | Inman & Company | Nutrition | Clackamas, OR, USA |
| 1999 | Soilserv | Agribusiness | Salinas, CA, USA |
| 2000 | Nexus | Agribusiness | Quincy, WA, USA |
| 2000 | Helm Fertilizers, Inc. | Agribusiness | San Joaquin Valley, CA, USA |
| 2001 | John Pryor Company | Agribusiness | Salinas, CA, USA |
| 2001 | Knox McDaniel Company | Nutrition | Ogden, UT, USA |
| 2001 | Anderson | Edmore, MI, USA | |
| 2001 | Olson Seed Inc. | Madras, OR, USA | |
| 2001 | Northern Star Minerals Inc. | Agribusiness | Okemos, MI, USA |
| 2001 | Schoolcraft Farm Services (affiliate of Northern Star) | Schoolcraft, MI, USA | |
| 2002 | RMH | Helm, CA, USA | |
| 2003 | Western Feed Supplements | Nutrition | Yakima, WA, USA |
| 2003 | Barnett Chemicals | Connell | Brisbane, Australia |
| 2004 | Hughson Chemical Company | Agribusiness | Hughson, CA, USA |
| 2004 | Transchem Australia (WA) Pty Ltd. | Connell | Perth, Australia |
| 2004 | Fauna Industries | Nutrition | Idaho Falls, ID, USA |
| 2004 | Snake River Chemical Inc. (UAP-Potato Seed Treatment) | Agribusiness | Caldwell, ID, USA |
| 2005 | Polygon Products | Connell | New Zealand |
| 2005 | Woodburn Fertilizer, Inc. | Agribusiness | Woodburn, OR, USA |
| 2005 | Material Resources International Corporation | Connell | Philippines |
| 2006 | Integra Seed | Agribusiness | Bozeman, MT, USA |
| 2006 | Napa Valley Ag Supply | Agribusiness | St. Helena, CA, USA |
| 2006 | Hi-Line Fertilizer, Inc. | Agribusiness | Hingham, MT, USA |
| 2006 | Gulf Chemicals | Connell | Malaysia |
| 2006 | RNA Agricultural Products | Agribusiness | San Joaquin, CA, USA |
| 2006 | Alberta Timothy Company | Nutrition | Cremona, Alberta, Canada |
| 2006 | Pressa AG | Nutrition | BC, Canada |
| 2007 | Krech Dakota Airspray | Agribusiness | Huron, SD, USA |
| 2007 | Ag Supply Ltd. | Agribusiness | Earth, TX, USA |
| 2007 | Schertz Aerial Services | Agribusiness | IL, USA |
| 2008 | Hunt's Ag-Air | Agribusiness | Taft, TX, USA |
| 2008 | Rolla Fertilizer and Flying Service | Agribusiness | Rolla, ND, USA |
| 2008 | Profood USA, Inc. | Nutrition | Brush Prairie, WA, USA |
| 2008 | Selsen Flavours | Connell | Taiwan |
| 2009 | Schall Chemical Supply, LLC | Agribusiness | Monte Vista, CO, USA |
| 2009 | Ripon Farm Service, LLC | Agribusiness | Ripon, CA, USA |
| 2009 | Newson International Ltd. | Connell | China |
| 2009 | Sutter Trading, LLC | Nutrition | Yuba City, CA, USA |
| 2009 | Ag Flight, Inc. | Agribusiness | York, NE, USA |
| 2009 | Muckel’s Aerial, Inc. | Agribusiness | Prosser, NE, USA |
| 2010 | Kroeplin Ag Service, Inc. | Agribusiness | Highmore, SD, USA |
| 2010 | Premier Ag, LLC | Agribusiness | Dalhart, TX, USA |
| 2010 | Advanced Agronomics | Agribusiness | Northeast Kansas, USA |
| 2010 | Cornell Fertilizer | Agribusiness | Dillon, MT, USA |
| 2011 | Agri-Services ( Lyons & Pulaski, OH & Munson, MI branches) | Agribusiness | OH & MI, USA |
| 2011 | Smith Air LLC | Agribusiness | Odessa, WA, USA |
| 2011 | New Zealand and Australian Pet Food Ingredients | Nutrition | Bluff, New Zealand |
| 2011 | American By-Products Inc. | Nutrition | Rosser, TX, USA |
| 2012 | Farm & Forest Helicopter Service, Inc. | Agribusiness | Chehalis, WA, USA |
| 2012 | The Seed Store | Agribusiness | Wessington Springs, SD, USA |
| 2012 | Mott Grain Company | Agribusiness | Mott, ND, USA |
| 2013 | Nueces Ag | Agribusiness | Robstown, TX, USA |
| 2013 | Chester Farm Service Corporation | Agribusiness | Chester, SD, USA |
| 2013 | S&S Agricultural Supply, LLC | Agribusiness | Watervliet, MI, USA |
| 2013 | Orchard Fertilizer Service, Inc. | Agribusiness | Orchard, NE, USA |
| 2013 | Blue River Ag Supply LLC | Agribusiness | Edgerton, WI, USA |
| 2013 | Dennis and Lynette Hardy seed business | Agribusiness | Beresford, SD, USA |
| 2013 | Orange Belt Supply | Agribusiness | Lindsay, CA, USA |
| 2014 | Advanced Ag | Agribusiness | Creston, IA, USA |
| 2014 | Enzyme Solutions Pty Ltd. | Connell | Melbourne, Australia |
| 2014 | Accu-Rate Services, Inc. | Agribusiness | Sedgwick, KS, USA |
| 2014 | New Horizons Ag Service Inc. | Agribusiness | Elgin, ND, USA |
| 2014 | Allied Protein | Nutrition | Gaffney, SC, USA |
| 2014 | Poynter’s Ag Supply | Agribusiness | Sawyer, ND, USA |
| 2014 | Bioworld Fine Chemical Co. | Connell | Shanghai, China |
| 2015 | Aero Spray Services, Inc. | Agribusiness | Miller, SD, USA |
| 2015 | Lacey’s Farmacy, Inc. | Agribusiness | Salem, SD, USA |
| 2015 | The Seed House Inc. | Agribusiness | O'Neill, NE, USA |
| 2015 | Mascot Universal Pvt. Ltd. | Connell | Mumbai, India |
| 2016 | Express Source Ag | Agribusiness | Toluca, IL, USA |
| 2016 | Johansen Farms LLC | Agribusiness | Three Rivers, MI, USA |
| 2017 | Innovative Seed and Consulting, LLC | Agribusiness | Claremont, MN, USA |
| 2017 | Olsen Ag Enterprise | Agribusiness | Grand Island, NE, USA |
| 2017 | Ag Consulting Group | Cavallo | Lincoln, NE, USA |
| 2017 | AgCode | Cavallo | Glenwood, MN, USA |
| 2017 | Axxone International Pte Ltd. | Connell | Singapore |
| 2018 | Ameri-Pac Inc. | Nutrition | St. Joseph, MO, USA |
| 2019 | Wiles Brothers Fertilizer, Inc. | Agribusiness | Plattsmouth, NE, USA |
| 2019 | Ag Services, Inc. | Agribusiness | Mecca, CA, USA |
| 2019 | Ingredient Resources Pty Limited | Connell | Australia |
| 2019 | Frontier Aviation | Agribusiness | Chester, MT, USA |
| 2019 | Ag Air | Agribusiness | Rudyard, MT, USA |
| 2019 | Inno-Cosmic and Nation Maple | Connell | Malaysia |
| 2019 | Rangen, Inc. | Nutrition | Buhl, ID, USA |
| 2019 | Nachurs Alpine Solutions | Nachurs | Marion, OH, USA |
| 2020 | Probe Schedule | Agribusiness | Fall City, WA, USA |