WIPHOLD is an indirect shareholder in Westfalia Fruit, as a result of its investment in holding company Hans Merensky Holdings.
Westfalia Fruit is a leading multinational supplier of fresh fruit produce including avocados, mangoes, blueberries, pomegranates, apples, grapes, stone fruit, citrus, cherries and passion fruit. Through a vertically-integrated supply chain, Westfalia Fruit grows, sources, ripens, packs, processes and markets quality produce, throughout the year and across the globe.
Westfalia Fruit boasts the largest avocado-growing footprint in the world and is recognised as a global industry leader, with avocado estates in all major origins, such as southern Africa, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Portugal, the USA and India and sales offices in the UK, Europe, North America, Latin America and southern Africa.
Investment name:
Westfalia Fruit
Sector: Food & Agriculture
Shareholding: 3% (in Hans Merensky Holdings)
Rationale for the investment:
To hold a strategic investment in the agriculture value chain
WIPHOLD is an indirect shareholder in Westfalia Fruit, as a result of its investment in holding company Hans Merensky Holdings.
Westfalia Fruit is a leading multinational supplier of fresh fruit produce including avocados, mangoes, blueberries, pomegranates, apples, grapes, stone fruit, citrus, cherries and passion fruit. Through a vertically-integrated supply chain, Westfalia Fruit grows, sources, ripens, packs, processes and markets quality produce, throughout the year and across the globe.
Westfalia Fruit boasts the largest avocado-growing footprint in the world and is recognised as a global industry leader, with avocado estates in all major origins, such as southern Africa, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Portugal, the USA and India and sales offices in the UK, Europe, North America, Latin America and southern Africa.