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1940 First Generation. Producing Olive Oils In Post-War
Miquel Escalé, representing our first generation, begins producing olive oil locally. In an atmosphere of post-Civil War in Spain develops a production based on plantations surrounding the city of Lleida - Catalonia.
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1950 Global Sourcing to begin Exporting To Italy
Joan Pons, was the second generation of the Pons family in the olive oil business, bringing together the production of a large number of local farmers in order to obtain the quantity needed to supply the Italian market. He was able to introduce Arbequina Olive Oil from Lleida to the industry leaders in Liguria, Tuscany and Umbria.
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1970 Grup Pons integrate new varieties and production areas
Eduardo Pons, leading the third generation, expands the wide field of the bulk olive oil marketing, incorporating to the company's portfolio other varieties of virgin olive oil from other producing areas of the Spanish territory. Mainly the varieties incorporated were Empeltre, from of the Aragon and Cornicabra from La Mancha area.
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1996 The Arrival Of Value Added Branding
Eduard Pons, fourth generation and current CEO of GRUP PONS, began to produce olive oil under the brand names of the family business, in order to add value to the product and open new avenues of marketing.
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1997 First Exports To The Us Market
First Grup PONS exports to a English speaking country with the intoduction of the Romulo and Mas Portell brands.
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1998 Casa Pons Usa Opens its doors
Opening of Casa Pons USA Inc., wholly owned subsidiary and marketing company for the Grup Pons for the American market. Grup Pons was established in the World Trade Center of Baltimore (VA), where the company was ready to supply the Specialty US market with an extensive range of selected products.
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2000 Pons Brand launch
Including the a new range of products for Food Service market and began marketing the PONS brand oriented to the specialty and retail markets.
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2001 Casa Pons moves to New York
Casa PONS USA office and warehouse moved to the state of New York, in order to beter serve our East Coast customers.
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2003 The launch of our Spanish Pantry
In order to integrate an overall offering of Spanish origin ingredients, Casa Pons USA starts marketing a range of essential products in Spanish cuisine made by small local producers who care for quality, respecting the tradition and their roots.
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2005 Pons Infused Olive Oils U.S. debut
PONS was a leader worldwide in infused oils and brought their infusions to the U.S. Right from the first moment the olive oil infused with white truffle became the flagship product.
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2008 Pons Citric Olive Oils are born
PONS took an innovative approah of crushing their Arbequina Olive with the zest from various Mediterranean citric fruits in a completely natural way in our stone mill in l'Albages while respecting the original and traditional cold extraction method. The PONS Citric Lemon Extra Virgin Olive Oil was an instant success in the market.
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2014 Casa Pons integrates offices and warehouse In New Jersey
Casa Pons USA moves and opens its offices and warehouse in Teterboro (NJ). The need to be closer to the logistics operation of our products in the gateway to the US, inspires us to take the decision to move the company entirely to NJ.
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2015 One Brand under the family name, PONS
Integration of all products under the Pons brand. Grup Pons centralized marketing of the different ranges of products under a single brand-umbrella: The PONS brand.
