DAABON history
Our inheritance
We are a business family that has left an agribusiness legacy to many generations to come in the Department of Magdalena.
1914
First crops and livestock business established by the first generation of the Davila family
1959 – 1975
- Cotton crops in 5 hectares San Francisco pasteurizer & first palm oil crops
1980
Consolidation of the Grupo DAABON (DAABON Group).
1985-1992
- Corona extraction mill (12 mt/day)
- Organic certification in palm, coffee and banana
1993 – 1997
- First export of organic coffee (Koggee brand)
- Refinery established (25mt/day)
- Stakes in Santa Marta Port
1998 – 2003
- Allied companies in Japan, Germany, USA, and Australia
- New fractionation plant expansion
- Terlica (liquid bulk oil terminal) establishment
- World’s first palm company with Rainforest Alliance certification
- Clean Development Mechanism for POME created
- New refinery (DAMA 4) with 1000 mt/day capacity
2004 – 2009
- First Colombian company to implement RSPO standard
- New palm shortening facility
- Farm expansion to 4000 hectares
- Creation of Zona Franca, Las Americas
2010 – 2015
- RSPO certification pioneer in Colombia
- Rainforest Alliance certified palm oil
- FairTrade certified palm oil
2015 – 2020
- Strategic alliance with Soapworks
- FairTrade certification for palm oil
- #1 in transparency & sustainability on SPOTT
- First RSPO NEXT certification in the world
2021 – 2024
- First palm oil company with Gold ROC certification
- Acquisition of Palmas de San Alberto farm
- First high oleic (hybrid) palm oil harvest
- New refinery DAMA 6 (palm kernel stearin production)
