The Andersons history

The Anderson Cob Mills Inc., officially established in 1958, sold the leftover corn cobs for use in the production of metal polishes, industrial cleaners, cosmetics, and other products.

Production of lawn fertilizer began in 1959, initially mixed in a dormant concrete mixer.

Under the leadership of a second generation, with John Anderson as CEO, The Andersons moved outside of northwestern Ohio for the first time in 1968.

In 1972 the Warehouse Market moved to a larger, 155,000-square-foot building, on a 25-acre company complex across the street.

Construction on a new Feed Mill in Maumee was completed in 1977.

In 1988 the company developed Slikwik Sorbents, a trademarked line of products, which utilize corn cob and synthetic ingredients for the absorption of industrial fluids and chemicals, grease, and liquid waste.

A joint venture with Jones Wheel Horse in 1989 took the company into the business of outdoor power equipment.

On February 20, 1996 The Andersons was first listed on NASDAQ, and around that same time the company reached sales of US$1 billion.

'The Andersons: 50 Years of Service, Growth, and Change,' Andersons Herald, company publication, October 1997.

A stock transaction in January 1998 brought the Crop and Soil Service, Inc. retail farm stores into the Agriculture Group.

In March 1999 The Andersons became one of the largest producers of polyphosphate liquid agricultural fertilizer east of the Mississippi River through the purchase of a Cargill fertilizer production facility and wholesale distribution center in Seymour, Indiana.