{"id":41,"date":"2019-02-20T16:10:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T16:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proof.poortman.com\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2020-09-28T16:58:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T16:58:40","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.poortman.com\/?page_id=41","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"41\" class=\"elementor elementor-41\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f6f81e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f6f81e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ed857e\" data-id=\"3ed857e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-618d4ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"618d4ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.poortman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/drylentils-ad.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1163\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.poortman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/drylentils-ad.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.poortman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/drylentils-ad-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18fbc34a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18fbc34a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b3540c5\" data-id=\"2b3540c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dc35e04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dc35e04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History of AGT Poortman<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>1868\u00a0<\/strong>| A. Poortman N.V. founded in Holland.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>1950<\/strong> | A. Poortman (London) Ltd founded with opening of London office.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>1958<\/strong> | Poortman London becomes one of the first European companies to begin importing Pulses &amp; Birdseeds from China.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>1960<\/strong> | Becomes independent of Dutch Parent Company.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>1966<\/strong> | Directors begin regular trips to China.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>1998<\/strong> | Established a wholly owned subsidiary Eco Organic Foods.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>2001<\/strong> | Trinidad Benham become 50% owners together with London founding family member Andrew Jacobs.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>2003<\/strong> | Poortman establish a dedicated pulse processing factory in Tianjin, China.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>2008<\/strong> | Poortman Holland&#8217;s new branch office opens.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>2010<\/strong> | Alliance Grain Traders Inc., one of the largest suppliers of value-added pulses, staple foods and food ingredients in the world, acquires Poortman Ltd.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>2014<\/strong> | Alliance Grain Traders undergoes a name change to AGT Food and Ingredients to reflect its expanding business.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>2015<\/strong> | Poortman adopts the trading name AGT Poortman as part of the AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. group.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of AGT Poortman 1868\u00a0| A. Poortman N.V. founded in Holland. 1950 | A. Poortman (London) Ltd founded with opening of London office. 1958 | Poortman London becomes one of the first European companies to begin importing Pulses &amp; Birdseeds from China. 1960 | Becomes independent of Dutch Parent Company. 1966 | Directors begin regular&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poortman.com\/?page_id=41\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"full-width","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poortman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poortman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poortman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poortman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poortman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.poortman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1332,"href":"https:\/\/www.poortman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/1332"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poortman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poortman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}