Our History

FLUDOR BENIN S.A with a share capital of 5,100 million FCFA is a 100% subsidiary of the TGI Group (Tropical General Investments). Present in Benin since 1996, it specializes in the crushing of oil seeds and the husking of cashew nuts. The General Management is based in Cotonou, while the industrial complex is located in Cana, a hundred (100Km) kilometers from Cotonou.

The crushing plant processes cotton seeds, soybeans and shea almonds to obtain refined cotton oil, refined soybean oil, shea butter, cottonseed meal, soybeans and shea. With a cotton seed crushing capacity of 108,000 tones / year, this factory provides around 250 direct jobs.

The cashew hulling plant employs more than a thousand people, an essentially female workforce, with a production capacity of 13,000 tonnes / year, which will increase to 18,000 tonnes / year from 2020.

Initial stage

1994
Created in Cotonou on August 10, 1994, with a share capital of Two million CFA francs (2,000,000 FCFA) by the group of investors “Tropical General Investment” (TGI) which is an Irish holding company, ECOTRADE SARL is active main to monitor cotton exports to Nigeria in collaboration with LOUIS DREYFUS COTON INTERNATIONAL. It has enabled these investors who have faith in the development of West Africa to explore the investment possibilities in French-speaking countries and more specifically in Benin.

Creation of Fludor Benin

1996
It is very aware of the challenge presented by the conquest of sub-regional markets and the existence of significant economic opportunities that the initiative to strengthen the operational capacities of ECOTRADE SARL and to diversify its field of intervention was set in motion. in the years 1996.
To this end, the capital of this company was raised to Two billion CFA Francs (2,000,000,000 FCFA) with the impact of the change of company name and legal form. Thus, May 22, 1996 was the date that saw the pronouncement of the new name passing from ECOTRADE SARL to FLUDOR BENIN SA with the aim of creating more added value by producing edible oil based on oil seeds, the main one being cotton seed.

Start of activities

2000
Fludor Benin started commercial production of its cottonseed oil and oilseed meal in May 2000.

Creation of AIFO-UEMOA

2001
In order to develop its activities and secure its investment, FLUDOR BENIN SA participated in 2001 in the creation of AIFO-UEMOA (Association of Industrialists of the Oilseed Sector of UEMOA) of which it was one of the founders.

Creation of CIPB

2002
FLUDOR BENIN S.A. is also a founding member of the Council of Private Investors in Benin (CIPB), an association created in December 2002 by a group of entrepreneurs who have invested significantly in Benin. Mr. Roland RIBOUX has been its President since its creation.