Key FactsOur Value
- Listed on Singapore Exchange in 2005
- 53.6% owned by Temasek Holdings and 17.4% by Mitsubishi Corporation
- 72,000 employees
- 210 processing plants
- Managing 2.46 million hectares of land
- 22.5 million MT sales volume (FY17)
- S$26.27 billion sales turnover (FY17)
About Us
Established in 1989, Olam is a leading global agri-business. The business started with origination and traditional supply chain segments. We have evolved by developing end to end supply chain capacity with our own plantations, concessions and farms, processing and manufacturing capability. Our relationships with farmers, distributors, and marketers around the world are built on years of trade and trust, and are one of our most valuable, unique, and enduring assets as a company.
Our Portfolio
We are present in 5 business segments.
Edible Nuts and Spices
- Cashews
- Peanuts
- Almonds
- Hazelnuts
- Pistachois
- Walnuts
- Sesame and Beans
- Pepper
- Onion
- Garlic
- Capsicum
- Tomato
Confectionery and Beverage Ingredients
- Cocoa
- Coffee
Food Staples and Packaged Food
- Rice
- Sugar and Sweeteners
- Dairy
- Grains and Animal Feed
- Edible Oils
- Packaged Foods
Industrial Raw Materials,Infrastructure and Logistics
- Cotton
- Wood Products
- Rubber
- Fertiliser
- Infrastructure and Logistics
Commodity Financial Services
- Funds Management
Our Value Chain
Our upstream farming operations include almond orchards in Australia and USA, coffee plantation in Brazil, Laos, Tanzania and Zambia, a rice farm in Nigeria, oil palm and rubber plantations in Gabon, forestry concessions in the Republic of Congo and dairy farms in Russia and Uruguay.
Our midstream processing operations include wheat mills in Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal, sugar refining in India and Indonesia, peanut ingredients in the USA as well as cocoa processing in Brazil, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Singapore, UK and USA.
Thanks to our experience in Africa, we have also built a strong downstream network to bring our products to consumers. Our Packaged Foods business manufactures, markets and sells foods such as biscuits, tomato paste and yoghurt drink products in Nigeria and Ghana.
Thanks to our experience in Africa, we have also built a strong downstream network to bring our products to consumers. Our Packaged Foods business manufactures, markets and sells foods such as biscuits, tomato paste and yoghurt drink products in Nigeria and Ghana.
Farming and Plantations
Selective Upstream
Perennial tree crops, Broadacre row crops, Dairy farming, Forest concessions
Supply Chain
Global origination and sourcing, Primary processing, Inland and marine logistics, Merchandising, Trading, Value-added solutions, Risk management
Processing and Ingredients
Selective mid/downstream
Value-added manufacturing Branding and distribution (Africa)
Our Purpose: To re-imagine global agriculture and food systems
Agriculture faces huge environmental and social challenges.Our plantation and processing experience, coupled with our year-round presence working with farmer in remote regions, means that we are in strong position to re-imagine global agriculture for better. Our vision is to create Living Landscape where prosperous farmers and thriving communities live in harmony with healthy eco-systems.