The following successful partnerships have already been established and are developing successfully:
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The Crispy Group is a successful BEE initiative in which 1400 farm and pack house workers have joint forces with the Dutoit Group to build a commercial farming operation.
Crispy was established in 2002 and by 2008 had assets of R60 million, without any debt. Crispy is set for growth and is on the look out for investment opportunities. The Crispy Group has access to the full support structure of the Dutoit Group. |
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Koukamma Fruit Packers is a new world class fruit pack house located near Joubertina, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape region.
Dutoit (35%), Hagé (30%) and Misgund-Oos Kleinboere (35%) – a BEE farming enterprise, established this business in 2006 with the dream of adding value to the high quality fruit produced in the fertile Langkloof Valley. |
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Ceres Koelkamers offers a reliable and affordable cooling option for fruit and vegetable growers in the Ceres Region. Ceres Koelkamers also offers a finance package for new bulk bins at very competitive terms. A recent development is a very exciting mushroom production project, which offers new gourmet type mushrooms for the South African catering industry and discerning food lovers. Dutoit has a 50% share in Ceres Koelkamers.
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Cape Fruit Coolers is a joint venture between Maersk Group, Goede Hoop Sitrus, Ceres Koelkamers and Dutoit Group which offers a pallet cooling service for the fruit exporters that make use of the Cape Town harbour. CFC prides itself in perfect protocol handling coupled with personal service levels unheard of in this very important part of the cold chain. Dutoit has a 37,5% share in CFC.
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Lumbri manufacture organic compost on a large scale with the aim to rehabilitate soils in the Ceres region where the natural balance has been largely disrupted over many years by the use of chemical fertilizers.
Lumbri is a joint venture between ZZ2 (35%), Ezelfontein (10%), Bekker Wessels (20%) and Dutoit (35%)
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TopFruit houses exclusive rights to a large collection of cultivars of deciduous fruit, citrus, grapes and stonefruit. Dutoit has 32,5% share in this leading plant material business.
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Bridgeport is a joint venture between some of the biggest commercial farmers in South Africa who share a vision to a establish a world class fresh produce market in the Johannesburg area. Dutoit has a 10,5% share in Bridgeport, which owns 30 hectare prime industrial land site outside Soweto.
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Baumann’s Store is a property investment company which aims at building a portfolio of prime industrial and commercial property in the Western Cape. Dutoit’s share – 100%.
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Dutoit (30%), Graaff Family (30%) and Wim van Rijswijk (40%) recently acquired the shares of Dr Jim Button, who established this well known nursery, in order to grow Rosenhof Nurseries as the choice provider of high quality fruit trees to the deciduous fruit industry.
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Dutoit Hout Nywerheid manufactures thanalith treated poles for recreational, parks and training systems.
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The FGX trading platform makes use of the latest technology to enable producers, service providers and buyers of fresh produce, to interact on the internet and trade fresh produce.
The vision of FGX is to be the leading marketing channel for the growers of fresh produce, to enhance the agency model and to maintain the relevance of the market as the primary price discory channel. The ultimate aim is to enhance transparency of transactions, enable differentiation of services and improve efficiencies in the fresh produce value chain.
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The following well established and respected farming enterprises have elected to market their products on an integrated basis through the Dutoit Group. The Dutoit Group fully associate with these farming operations to encourage growth and prosperity for all involved.
1. LOUTERWATER LANDGOED (PTY) LTD
A fruit farm located near Louterwater in the Langkloof which was established and is managed by the well known Le Roux Muller family.
2. JG STEWART & SONS (PTY) LTD
JG Stewart farm and pack house, owned by Terrason, is a professionally run operation that produces some of the finest fruit in the Langkloof.
3. MORESON TRUST
Pieter de Wet, based at Vyeboom in the Western Cape, has built up a reputation as an entrepreneur in the deciduous fruit industry and manages his operation with great passion and attention to detail.
4. MISGUND-OOS KLEINBOERE TRUST
This is one of the oldest BEE farming operations in S.A. The Dutoit Group acts as mentor and guardian to this venture with the aim to build a partnership in growing this business.
Tipmar owns a part of the upper catchment area of the Olifantsriver. This ecologically sensitive area was declared a conservation area to protect this important natural habitat for future generations. Dutoit has a 67% share.
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Dutoit has a 25% share in this world class processing plant in the Ceres Valley. Apart from acting as a value adding outlet for a part of the Dutoit Group’s crop, Ceres Fruit Processors is an anchor supplier of high quality fruit concentrate for the South African and export markets.
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Dutoit has a 10% share in this consortium which holds a strategic share of 25% in the Cape Town Fresh Produce market. Cape Town Fresh Produce market is the first Fresh Produce market which was privatized in South Africa. Through Crystal Cascades, a group of important farming organizations and market agents work together with the Cape Town market management to position the Market as the preferred choice of trade in fresh produce for farmers throughout South Africa, as well as for buyers in Cape Town.
Semallium is a joint venture between Hygrotech and Dutoit which produces and markets high quality onion seed through a selection and breeding program. Semallium has a range of highly successful cultivars that is distributed by Hygrotech in South Africa and the rest of the world.
The Dutoit Group has other strategic investments where the Group holds a small shareholding which can broadly be categorized as follows:
1. Supplier Companies
Following from an era where co-operatives were formed to service the agriculture sector, these co-operatives were mostly transformed into private or public companies. It is the policy of the Dutoit Group to actively support these companies by buying shares and promoting share value and thus sustainability through good corporate governess.
2. International Portfolio
The Dutoit Group has built up an international portfolio in order to form international alliances, as well as to hedge the Group against fluctuations of the South African currency.
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