written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message ebro foods s.a. type sociedad an nima traded as bmad ebro industry food processing founded may 11 1998 1998 05 11 headquarters madrid spain key people antonio hern ndez callejas chairman and ceo products rice pasta and sauces food technology revenue 1.702 billion 2010 1 operating income 201.0 million 2010 1 profit 388.8 million 2010 1 total assets 2.885 billion end 2010 1 total equity 1.607 billion end 2010 1 number of employees 4 980 average 2010 1 website www.ebrofoods.es head office ebro foods s.a. i bro fu dz ; spanish e o fu s formerly ebro puleva is the leading company in the spanish food processing sector . 2 ebro foods is the world s largest traders miller of rice 2 and the second biggest producer of pasta 3 its panzani brand is the market leader in france . 2 the company s head office is in madrid . 4 contents 1 history 2 international development 3 financial activity 4 references 5 external links history edit in 2005 ebro foods sold catesa foods for 37.9 m. catesa foods specializes in tropical fruits flowers and ornamental plants on tenerife island . 5 ebro was previously the largest manufacturer of value added dairy products in spain until it sold this business unit to lactalis in march 2010 for 630 million . 6 it also was spain s largest sugar producer prior to the divestment of that division to the british sugar subsidiary of associated british foods in 2009 . 7 ebro foods operates in 23 countries worldwide . international development edit ebro foods owns two companies in north america riviana foods based in houston texas producer of rice products including mahatma success minute rice water maid and several private labels . 8 new world pasta producer of ronzoni san giorgio and other products . ebro foods owns the puleva biotech subsidiary which engages in the research and development of new functional food products . it has a biofuel production joint venture with abengoa . 9 financial activity edit the company s shares are listed on the bolsa de madrid . references edit a b c d e f annual report 2010 pdf in spanish . ebro foods . retrieved 18 november 2011 . a b c mulier thomas ; jarvis paul 15 december 2008 . ab foods to acquire ebro sugar unit for eu385 million . bloomberg . retrieved 2009 04 19 . ebro foods to buy us canada s new world pasta for 362.5 mln usd . afx news . forbes . 7 june 2006 . retrieved 2009 04 19 . our companies ebro foods . retrieved on 11 february 2012 . ebro foods s.a. madrid paseo de la castellana n 20 28046 madrid spain ebro puleva agrees sale of catesa foods just food october 14 2005 de miguel rodrigo 8 march 2010 . ebro foods sells dairy unit to lactalis . reuters . retrieved 11 april 2010 . chee foo yun 31 march 2009 . eu clears abf to buy spain sugar arm of ebro foods . reuters . retrieved 2009 04 19 . riviana pilot headlines idb meeting memphis daily news november 17 2010 . update 1 abengoa to restart biggest spain bioethanol plant reuters july 15 2008 external links edit spain portal companies portal food portal official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ebro foods & oldid 725456477 categories 1998 establishments in spainmanufacturing companies based in madridfood and drink companies established in 1998companies listed on the madrid stock exchangefood and drink companies of spainmultinational companies headquartered in spainpasta companieshidden categories cs1 spanish language sources es articles with a promotional tone from january 2012all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa olfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 15 june 2016 at 19 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view