HISTORY 1999. Incorporation of the company in order to operate, advise and train derivatives (futures and options). Founding partners: Fabio Bini, Lucas Galdeano, Carlos Solans with three entrepreneurs who currently do not continue. 2000. The Futures and Options Trust begins to operate. 2001. Registration of the company in the Grain Brokerage activity. 2002. The 2nd series of the Futures and Options Trust is closed and liquidated, returning in May 2002 the capital plus 7% return in dollars. Brokerage activity begins, defining a Franchise business model in the interior, aimed at providing an intensive service through training programs. The target customer initially was the medium agricultural producer. Ford, Toyota, Volkswagen and Claas are contacted, among others, as companies that must change the way of payment (only currency of payment in the interior: the grains). Dealers are trained and 1,500 redemption operations are carried out in two and a half years, establishing contact with new producing customers. 2004. The Commercial Advisory Groups are launched to producers, as another form of direct periodic contact and training in micro and macro matters of the grain market, as well as the monitoring and dissemination of financial instruments. 2005. CCI (Centro de Comercialización de Insumos SA) is established, with the objective of commercializing agricultural inputs. 2006. Together with a group of producers, the lease of fields for agricultural production is started through the FIPA 1 Trust, in order to begin an associative project with clients, related to their activity. 2007. The first silos plant is rented, due to the change in regulations that leaves the “storage without plant” without effect, requiring the ownership or rental of an installation with a minimum capacity of 2,000 tons. 2008. In order to provide better logistics solutions to customers and concretizing the key talent retention policy, TLM SA freight transport company is constituted, inviting eight company employees to this new business unit. 2010. BLD Sociedad de Bolsa SA is constituted, as an instrument to attract surplus funds from clients, serving as an intermediary for those who are financially lacking and projecting a growth in the capital market. Strengthening the key talent retention policy, four other people are invited. 2011. In line with the company's vision of leading associative businesses, and after making an analysis of the different agricultural production areas of the country, the DDC trust is established, with the purpose of producing grains under irrigation, with high potential and Quality, in a sustainable way. Two fields are purchased near Carmen de Patagones (province of Buenos Aires) to subsequently invest in irrigation pivot, drinking water from the Black River. Before a constant increase in the number of personnel, the Human Resources Area is created within the company. 2012. BLD Bio SA is established, with the objective of producing 82 Million liters of bioethanol and burlanda annually, based on 200,000 tons of corn, in Leones (province of Córdoba). Together with 87 investors (the majority of clients) who trusted $ 3.5 million, committing another $ 31.5 M. plus the committed contribution of $ 50 M. from the Porta Hnos Group, and $ 15 M. from the BLD Group, progress is made in the project, subject to the granting of $ 100 M. of bicentennial credit, tax quota and favorable business environment. 2013. The goodwill of the almost centennial firm Bressan SA is acquired, projecting a contribution of the brokerage volume of 250,000 tons per year, adding the experience of the group of collaborators of the firm. 2014. With a view to further strengthening the structure and strengthening growth, on 12/02/14 the contract is signed by which BLD SA acquires the goodwill of the emblematic firm Alabern Fabrega y Cia SA, as well as CCI SA performs a similar operation with Cibeles SA. The operation involves adding 50 professionals of proven experience and excellence and continuing with the commercial development in brokerage activities (aiming to add one million tons), operations in the derivatives markets, adding positioning services to the current advisory unit and offer financial and stock market businesses, giving continuity to the existing relationship. Additionally, BLD intends to deepen its regional expansion in the province of Buenos Aires, incorporating the network of representatives of Federal Capital, Quilmes, Ing. Maschwitz, Chivilcoy, Henderson, May 25, Mar del Plata and Bahía Blanca, as well as capitalize on the presence from the office in the Buenos Aires Cereal Exchange and Venado Tuerto. 2015. The first exports of special products, “Specialties”, generating new marketing channels, customers and international projection are specified. 2016. Work was done on the consolidation and professionalization of the capit
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