Grain and fertilizer trading between Europe and the U.S.

Ameropa is founded and registered in Basel, Switzerland. Arthur Zivy (1882–1968) and his son Felix Zivy (1918–2010) each own 50% of it. Imports of U.S. Grains to Europe commence, supplied by C. B. Fox Company of New Orleans. First fertilizer shipments: potash from Eastern Germany to Japan.

Ameropa acquires Jutex AG, a cotton yarn trading company in Basel. Franz Wild joins company management and is placed in charge of the Brazilian market.

Prochaska moves downstream into grain and fertilizer wholesale and retail. It diversifies into seeds, plant protection chemicals, agricultural machinery, and other products.

Ampro AG is founded with offices in Rome, Buenos Aires and Rotterdam. Imports of Argentinian grains into Europe begin.

Ampro is dissolved and replaced with Vigor AG, which becomes the exclusive agent in Europe of Asociacion de Cooperativas Argentinas (ACA).

Arthur Zivy, co-founder of Ameropa, dies at age 86.

Ameropa starts exporting potash from the Soviet Union to Brazil.
By 1990, Ameropa becomes Brazil΄s largest supplier of potash.

The U.S. abandons the gold standard.
The U.S. dollar drops and continues to decline.

Nikki Lauda celebrates his victory at the Formula 1 Race in Monaco with Römerquelle sparkling mineral water. Brand recognition in Austria soars from 54% to 96% overnight.

Andreas Zivy joins Ameropa and works in various roles in France, Austria and Switzerland.

Ameropa abandons its plans of ­duplicating Prochaska & Cie. in France and sells its companies to a French coop. Instead, it sets up an import office for fertilizers in Rouen, which revives its nitrogen-trading activities.

The world΄s first biodiesel plant, in which Prochaska & Cie. owns a one-third stake, is inaugurated.

Ameropa and Sojuzagropromexport form the joint venture company Fersam AG in Binningen to sell urea to Western markets.

Beat Ruprecht is appointed
Managing Director.

Ameropa starts trading grains and fertilizers in Central Eastern Europe and opens offices in the former East Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Belarus, Russia, Turkey, China and Brazil.

Andreas Zivy is appointed Group CEO.

Ameropa establishes Nitrochem AG to market ammonia and urea from Togliatti Azot.

A stake in Hungarian grain originator MG Produkt is acquired.

The Ameropa Foundation is established to manage company charitable activities.

Römerquelle is sold to Coca-Cola after it has been the market leader in Austria and repeatedly surprised the market with innovations: screw caps in 1973, still water in 1978, the split box in 1987, flavoured water in 1992, the first refillable PET bottle worldwide in 1997, and the ΄Emotion΄ functional drinks in 2001.

Fertilizer trader Wittraco in Hamburg is acquired, adding phosphates to the product portfolio and making Ameropa΄s geographical coverage global.

Ameropa takes a one-third stake in a greenfield urea plant constructed in China. Huarui starts production in April 2007.

A stake in Serbian grain originator Konzul is acquired.

Comcereal Constanta in Romania – today known as Ameropa Grains, is acquired.

The Black Sea desk is set up in Lausanne for selling grains originated in the Danube.

The Arena do Morro in Natal, is inaugurated. It is a sport and cultural center in Natal endowed by the Ameropa Foundation, built by Herzog & de Meuron.

Ameropa sells Agrinégoce for strategic reasons.

A minority stake in Romanian grain originators Promat and Agroind is acquired and increased to a 70% stake in 2021.

Trade volumes reach a peak of 16m tons of fertilizers and 16m tons of grains, oilseeds, and feedstuffs.

Work on both a group and a sustainability strategy is completed and will be enacted in the coming years.