CNI MILESTONES back print
 
FROM TRADING TO FAMILY-OWNED HOLDING COMPANY
 

1895 : Creation of Charles DONDAIN Ets in Marseille.

1945 : Charles DONDAIN Ets becomes IRANEX.

1975 : Opening of the site of Rouen.

1988 : Creation of the IRANEX Holding.

1989 : Acquisition of the atomisation site in Serqueux.

1990 : IRANEX COLLOIDES NATURELS becomes COLLOIDES NATURELS INTERNATIONAL.

1997 : Creation of STARLIGHT PRODUCTS, trading company.

2001 : Creation of NUTRIPROCESS.

CREATION of THE SUBSIDIARIES

 

1981 : CN USA 

1990 : CN BRESIL 

1994 : CN UK 

1996 : CN MEXICO

1998 : CN GERMANY  

2000 : CN JAPAN 

2001 : CN VOSTOK
PILOT PLANT OF SERQUEUX
 

1978   : CNI begins the Acacia gum drying activity in Serqueux.

1989  : CNI buys to the BESNIER group the existing plant.

1995 : CNI obtains the ISO 9002 Certification.

1996/2002  : investments are made in Serqueux's plant / expansion phase / new spraydrying tower.

2001 : Creation of NUTRIPROCESS : industrial service provider , specialist of spraydring, encapsulation and agglomeration. Works in food, nutrition, cosmetic and chemistry domains.
CNI : 100 YEARS IN AFRICA
 

1970  : First drilling of a well in Tchad

1974  : Gontran DONDAIN becomes president of the Intertional Association for Natural Gums Development ( AIDGUM), which helps gum trees farming and enhances gum production in the Soudan/Sahel areas.

Gum-producing countries in 1979  : Senegal, Nigeria, Soudan.

Gum-producing countries in 1980  : Senegal, Nigeria, Soudan, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Tchad.

Gum-producing countries in 2000  : Senegal, Nigeria, Soudan, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Tchad, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Cameroun, Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya.

1996  : Financial & commercial partnership with the Commercial Company of Chari and Logonia , namely S.C.C.L