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1992 - 1997 |
Acquisition of Volkart Inc., Dallas, which becomes Paul Reinhart Inc.; opening of a buying office in Fresno, California; foundation of a subsidiary of Paul Reinhart Inc. in Australia. |
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1997 |
Opening of buying / selling offices in China. |
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1998 - 2004 |
Investments in ginning and warehousing business in Africa and the USA; building and acquisition of gins in Tanzania and Uganda and participation in ginning companies in Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso; acquisition of the Pacific Pima Gin in California and construction of the Riverbend Warehouse in West Memphis, USA. |
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2008 |
Turbulences at the cotton exchange in March 2008 hit the cotton industry and Reinhart; the U.S. and Australian operations are forced to file under Chapter 11; selling offices in France, Germany, Italy and Portugal are changed into agencies; ginning operations in Tanzania and Uganda are sold. |
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2009 |
Reinhart (Beijing) Trading Co., Ltd. starts domestic trading in China. |
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