Manildra Group USA
Manildra has earned a worldwide reputation as "The Leader" in vital wheat gluten, native and modified wheat starches, specialty wheat proteins and alcohol. This status has been achieved by delivering timely and personal service to our clients. Our pride in service and quality products have brought us our success and stands as a singular commitment to our customers that we strive to to completely satisfy everytime.
Dependable, quality products and service are more than goals at Manildra. They are the core values that have led our company on a very successful journey that began nearly a half-century ago in Manildra, New South Wales, Australia. Since that time, we have created a truly global organization with major production facilities in Australia and the United States, as well as offices throughout the world... Additionally we are proud of the fact that we are on the leading edge of research and development of new wheat-based products for the food industry.
Manildra’s historical half-century:
- 1952 – Began operating with a single flourmill in New South Wales, Australia. This flour mill is still a major supplier of flour products in Australia.
- 1970 – Opened Australia’s largest wet milling complex in Nowra, New South Wales.
- 1972 – Purchased a flourmill in Gunnedah, New South Wales, increasing our milling capabilities.
- 1974 – Launched our U.S. operation in Kansas City, Missouri to market Australian wheat products in North America.
- 1979 – Opened a wheat starch and vital wheat gluten manufacturing facility in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This provided a solid base for expanding our North American marketing efforts.
- 1985 – Expanded the Nowra plant, creating one of the largest wheat starch and vital wheat gluten facilities in the world.
- 1988 – Created the Manildra Energy Corporation. Expanded our U.S. operation by acquiring an ethanol production facility in Hamburg, Iowa. This plant positioned Manildra as a supplier of high-grade alcohol to the food and chemical industries and alcohol by-products for the feed industry.
- 1989 – Formed Manildra Harwood Sugars in Australia in conjunction with New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-operative Limited to refine sugars.
- 1994 – Built a starch and gluten plant.
- 2000 – Opened a state-of-the-art modified starch production facility, in Hamburg, Iowa, to meet the needs of both our food and industrial customers. Began production of isolated wheat proteins and textured wheat proteins as a substitute for soy isolates and textured soy products.
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