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July 2010: TOUTON SA

For more than 150 years, TOUTON SA has been developing in a professional manner with a strong focus on the following activities:

• Trading in cocoa
• Trading in green coffee beans
• Trading in grains
• Trading in vanilla and spices

History / time line:

1848

Creation of the company and trading in tropical products

1956

Ets Roger Touton, trading in cocoa beans

1977

Creation of the subsidiary Sucre & Denrées

1992

Creation of LMBO / Financiere TOUTON and Touton, Far East

1995

Investment in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

1997

Creation of TOUTON, Nigeria

1998

Acquisition of plantations in Ivory Coast and creation of Société Agricole de l’Ouest (SAO)

2000

Creation of PT Cocklat Murni (Indonesia)

2003

Acquisition of Gepro and the subsidiaries Proci and Sucproci

2004

Creation of the Robusta coffee departments in Ivory Coast and Vietnam

2005

Merger of GEPRO into TOUTON S.A.

2006

Creation of TOUTON, Far East representative offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Beijing, China

2007

Creation of TOUTON, Australia

2008

Creation of TOUTON, United States of America (USA)

Coffee division:

;Our coffee division deals with approximately 50,000 metric tonnes of green coffee beans each year through our head office, TOUTON SA. Thanks to our expertise in Robusta coffee, we are more than able to satisfy our customers’ requirements and also to develop trade in Arabica coffee through strong partnerships with genuine professionals.

Touton SA customers can choose from an extensive range of green coffees and a variety of origins.

• Robusta coffee: Vietnam, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Indonesia, Cameroon, India, Brazil
• Arabica: Brazil, China, East Africa

Our traders are always looking for new origins and qualities in order to meet the requirements of our customers who are industrial wholesalers or roasting companies. Our coffees are mainly destined for European markets, North Africa, the United States, the Middle East and Asian markets.

Our head office in Bordeaux, France looks after all commercial relationships in order to guarantee services and products of the highest quality for our customers. Our products are systematically controlled to verify that strict quality criteria are met, thereby ensuring customer satisfaction.

Our coffee division regularly redefines its strategy and objectives in order to satisfy our customers’ requirements, over both the short and longer term.

Our representative agents and offices: Ethiopia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Colombia, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Russia, Venezuela

Touton SA gives absolute priority to the quality of their products. Our coffee beans are carefully selected in order to meet strict quality criteria. The grading, the defects, the moisture level and the tasting results (cupping) are analyzed throughout the supply chain to guarantee the consistent quality of our coffee.

Our coffee division is also a member of numerous organizations working towards improvement in the living conditions of coffee producers sustainable agricultural practices. We are members of Utz Certified, Rainforest Alliance and the Common Code for the Coffee Community (4 C Association).

Our contacts:

TOUTON SA
B. P. 13 – 1 Rue René Magne – Centre Commercial de Gros de Bordeaux Nord, 33083, Bordeaux Cedex, France
Tel: +33 55 669 3369
Fax: +33 55 669 3366
E-mail: coffee@touton.fr
Website: www.touton.fr

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