Company history

Rubber Cultuur Maatschappij ‘Amsterdam’ November 26, 1908 is considered to be the starting point of Acomo. On that day Acomo’s predecessor, the Rubber Cultuur Maatschappij ‘Amsterdam,’ was listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. Until the late fifties it was among the largest plantation companies in Europe.

International trading 1982 After the nationalization of most of the plantations in the postcolonial era, the remaining plantations were valued at one Dutch Guilder and the group made a fresh start as an international trading house.

A new name In 2000 the name Amsterdam Commodities, short Acomo, was adopted to reflect the diversification of the activities in the food ingredients market. In 2010 Acomo officially divested its minority shareholding in rubber to fully focus on food ingredients. In 2020 Acomo acquired Tradin Organic and added organic food ingredients to the conventional product range of the Group.

In 2022 the company decided to officially register the name Acomo. Amsterdam Commodities N.V. became ACOMO N.V. The association with ‘commodities’ no longer does justice to the true nature of our core activities as they have developed over the past twenty years, namely the trading and high-quality processing of conventional and organic food ingredients. The name change reflects our current identity as a food ingredient company.

Old traditions, new opportunities Today, Acomo is a solid organization that continues the centuries-old traditions of the Dutch merchants: we apply the latest developments in technology in the continuous pursuit of new opportunities to serve our customers.