1912 |
Denofa refinery and hardening plant established |
1915 |
Unilever entered as part owner |
1925 |
Lilleborg entered as part owner |
1955 |
The first soya bean extraction plant was built in Fredrikstad |
1958 |
Borregaard bought Unilevers share of Denofa |
1959 |
enofa and Lilleborg enter a merger creating A/S Denofa og Lilleborg Fabrikker |
1970-86 |
Restructuring of the Norwegian oils and fats industry into one unit, Denofa |
1986 |
Borregaard (including Denofa) merged with the Orkla group |
1994 |
Established margarine factories in Russia |
1996 |
Denofa and Lilleborg demerge |
1996 |
Commercial scale marketing of genetically modified soybeans in the US |
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Integrated with Orkla's chemical area, Borregaard |
1999 |
Established a comprehensive Identity Preservation (IP) Program |
2005 |
Closure of the fat refinery. New business concept as well as new ownership structure led by Norgrain |
2009 |
Denofa becomes part of the Amaggi group |