Origin Enterprises

{{Short description|Agri-services group}}

{{Infobox company

|name = Origin Enterprises plc

|logo = Origin_Enterprises_logo.svg

|type = Public limited company

|traded_as = {{EuronextDublin|OIZ|IE00B1WV4493}}
{{AIM|OGN}}
ISEQ 20 component
Euronext Growth

|ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|IE00B1WV4493}}

|key_people = Gary Britton, (Non-Executive Chairman)
Sean Coyle, (CEO)

|industry = Food

|products = Food and agribusiness

|revenue = 1,521.3 (2016){{cite web|url=http://www.originenterprises.com/template/pdf/Origin_Enterprises_plc_Annual_Report_2016.pdf|title=Annual Report 2016|publisher=Origin Enterprises|accessdate=6 March 2017}}

|operating_income= 66.2 (2016)

|net_income = 57.8 (2016)

|num_employees = >2,600 (2020){{cite web|url=https://originenterprises.com/uploads/reports/Origin-Annual-Report-2020.pdf|title=Annual Report 2020|publisher=Origin Enterprises|accessdate=29 September 2021}}

|foundation = 2006

|location = Dublin, Ireland

|homepage = {{URL|https://www.originenterprises.com}}

}}

Origin Enterprises plc is a focused agri-services group providing specialist on-farm agronomy services and the supply of crop technologies and inputs. The group has market positions in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Poland, Romania, Brazil and Ukraine. Origin is listed on the ESM ({{Euronext|OIZ|IE00B1WV4493}}) market of Euronext Dublin.

History

Origin was established by the IAWS Group in 2006 to focus on the original agribusiness and food and nutrition businesses of IAWS: it was admitted to the IEX and AIM on 5 June 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.originenterprises.com/news/corporate_announcement|title=Intention to list Origin Enterprises on IEX and AIM|publisher=Origin Enterprises|accessdate=28 January 2016}}

In October 2013 it bought 60% of Agroscope, a Ukrainian business, for $17.6m.{{cite web|url=http://www.agrimoney.com/news/origin-buys-ukraine-peer-to-expand-agronomy-empire--6431.html|title=Agrimoney.com - Origin Enterprises buys Ukraine peer to expand agronomy empire|publisher=|accessdate=28 January 2016}}

In September 2015 it completed the acquisition of Romania's Redoxim.{{cite web|url=http://wire.seenews.com/news/origin-enterprises-completes-acquisition-of-romanias-redoxim-493508|title=Origin Enterprises completes acquisition of Romania's Redoxim - SeeNews The corporate wire|author=Doinita Dolapchieva|publisher=|accessdate=28 January 2016}} Then in November 2015, it completed the acquisition of Kazgod group in Poland{{cite web|author=Pamela Newenham |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/business/agribusiness-and-food/origin-enterprises-to-acquire-kazgod-group-for-22-4-million-1.2320669 |title=Origin Enterprises to acquire Kazgod Group for €22.4 million |publisher=Irishtimes.com |date=2015-08-18 |accessdate=2017-03-06}} and in December 2015, it completed the acquisition of Comfert S.R.L. in Romania.{{cite web|url=http://www.stockmarketwire.com/article/5176996/Origin-Enterprises-completes-Comfert-SRL-deal.html|title=Origin Enterprises completes Comfert SRL deal|date=17 December 2015|publisher=Stockmarket Wire|accessdate=6 March 2017}}

In June 2018, it announced an agreement to expand its footprint within South America, buying a sharehold part of two Brazilian companies, by 50.3m.{{Cite web|url=http://www.originenterprises.com/template/pdf/Geographical_Expansion_into_South_America.pdf|title=Geographical Expansion into South America|website=official website.}}

Operations

Agri-services businesses include:[http://www.originenterprises.ie/about_us/default.asp About Us: Corporate Structure] at official website. Accessed 1 May 2008.

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  • R&H Hall
  • Goulding
  • Agrii
  • AgSpace
  • Origin Fertilisers
  • PB Kent
  • Rigby Taylor
  • Agrii Polska (Poland)
  • Comfert (Romania)
  • Redoxim (Romania)
  • Agroscope (Ukraine)

{{div col end}}

References

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