History of RFM |
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| From a Flour Mill... |
| In 1957, the seed was sown of what would be one of the Philippines' biggest food and beverage companies. |
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1957 |
Republic Flour Mills is established by Dr. Salvador Araneta, a prominent Filipino industrialist. |
| 1963 |
RFM diversifies into agribusiness, establishing its first commercial feed mill. |
| 1969 |
Don Salvador Araneta transfers the reins of RFM to Jose Concepcion Jr. |
| 1973 |
The Board of Investments approves RFM's licensing agreement with Swifts and Co. of the US, the world's leading meat processing company. |
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| ... To a Food and Beverage Conglomerate |
| The 90s brought in new blood and a flood of new ideas further diversifying RFM's business through dynamic brand building and aggressive expansion and prudent acquisitions. |
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| 1989 |
Jose Maria Concepcion III assumes the position of President & CEO of RFM. |
| 1990 |
RFM acquires soft drinks maker Cosmos Bottling Corp. and ice cream maker Selecta. |
| 1991 |
RFM lists its shares on the Philippine Stock Exchange. |
| 1994 |
Selecta, Swift and Cosmos lists their shares on the Philippine Stock Exchange. |
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RFM acquires majority control of Pacific Semiconductors, Inc., which has since been renamed as PSI Technologies, Inc. |
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RFM diversifies into real estate development and forms RFM Properties and Holdings, Inc. which has been since renamed as Philippine Township, Inc. |
| 1995 |
RFM forms RFM Equities, Inc. |
| 1996 |
RFM diversifies into banking and establishes Consumer Savings Bank. |
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Cosmos Bottling signs a joint venture agreement with P.T. Tirta Investama of Indonesia and forms Filipinas Water Bottling Co., Inc. to manufacture and sell bottled mineral water.
RFM acquires the franchise for Orange Julius , a popular snacks retailer. |
| 1997 |
RFM acquires the franchise for Little Caesars Pizza. |
| 1998 |
Selecta enters into a joint venture agreement with Unilever Philippines, Inc. and forms Selecta Wall's, Inc. to manufacture and sell ice cream. |
| 2000-2001 |
To focus on its core businesses, RFM sells its interests in Consumer Bank and PSI Technologies. RFM also sells Cosmos Bottling to beverage and food conglomerate San Miguel and The Coca-Cola Co. |
| 2001 |
RFM enters into a joint venture agreement with Uni-President of Taiwan on the manufacture of noodles. |
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RFM and Iglo Sdn Bhd form a joint venture to establish an integrated cold storage chain facility, the first of its kind in the Philippines. |
| 2003 |
RFM celebrates its 45th year, working towards reestablishing its core businesses - stronger, better and more vibrant food brands; and building a "new RFM" - the Branded Food Company. |
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