R1 Delta CIS as a Joint Venture between R1 International Pte Ltd and Delta Exports Pte Ltd; derives its strength, leadership, values and business focus from its participating shareholders.
R1 International Pte Ltd : 51%
R1 International formed initially by a spun-off from Cargill’s APAC Rubber Division and currently largely held by Hainan Group of China is a formidable player and a global leader in Natural Rubber and Latex. The group with over 11 offices worldwide, 120 ever growing number of employees of 12 nationalities globally, >1000 stakeholders comprising customers and suppliers; handles more than a million tons of natural rubber and latex.
The group boasts of a rich and diverse customer base ranging from MNC’s to regional players in the tyre and non-tyre sectors. Towards integrating its value chain, R1Intl ventured into mid-stream processing of natural rubber and has a name plate capacity of over a million tons of rubber processing capabilities spanned across China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. The company has an active representation in almost all the natural rubber industry boards and regulatory bodies. It actively trades in rubber futures in all future exchanges such as SGX, TOCOM, NMCE, etc., has rich experience and strong in-house capabilities, backed with indigenous Research & Analysis over the years to provide various “price risk management solutions, supplementing the physical trade, to our different customer segments with varied needs; thereby serving to improve on their operational efficiencies.
Delta Exports Pte Ltd : 49%
Delta Exports is a Singapore based commodity trading house with its strong presence in the CIS markets. The company has its roots entrenched in the markets of former Soviet Union even before its dis-integration and deals in a wide range of commodities ranging from Metallurgy, Chemicals & Fertilisers and Agri-commodities. In 2004, Delta Exports formed a joint venture with Wilmar International Limited www.wilmar-international.com to form Deta Wilmar CIS Ltd www.deltawilmar.com and established a state of the art edible oil refining and manufacturing complex in Yuzhny, Odessa Region in Ukraine, to cater to the CIS, Central Asian and European markets.
Wilmar Intl headquartered in Singapore, is today Asia’s leading agribusiness group. Wilmar is ranked amongst the largest listed companies by market capitalisation on the Singapore Exchange. Wilmar’s business activities include oil palm cultivation, oilseed crushing, edible oils refining, sugar milling and refining, manufacturing of consumer products, specialty fats, oleochemicals, biodiesel and fertilisers as well as flour and rice milling. It has over 500 manufacturing plants and an extensive distribution network covering China, India, Indonesia and some 50 other countries and regions.
In 2008 Wilmar Intl and Delta Exports formed a joint venture with NMGK of Russia www.nmgk.ru to form WND Holdings which holds the entire assets of Delta Wilmar and NMGK in Ukraine and Russia. NMGK group of companies is a vertically integrated holding, which includes two oil and fat processing plants in Nizhny Novgorod and Samara, oil extraction plants in Uryupinsk and Sorochinsk, as well as elevators in the Volgograd, Orenburg, Samara, Saratov regions and the Republic of Bashkortostan.
In 2019, Delta Wilmar acquired one of the flagship companies, PJSC Chumak in Ukraine www.chumak.com who are the market leaders in production of Tomato Paste, Ketchup, Condiment Sauces, Cooking sauces, Pastas, canned vegetables etc. in the domestic market with a fair share of exports to Europe and other CIS markets.