Ariston Holdings Limited
Type | Listed company |
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Industry | Agriculture |
Founded | 1948 |
Headquarters | Harare, Zimbabwe |
Key people | Alexander Crispen Jongwe(Chairman) |
Products | Fruits, Vegetables, Poultry, Livestock |
Website | http://ariston.co.zw/index.html |
Ariston Holdings Limited is an agricultural company that is involved in the production of a variety of crops, poultry and livestock. It operates six business estates which include Blended Tea Factory, Claremont Estate, Clearwater Estate, Kent Estate, Roscommon Estate and Southdown Estate
Background
It was listed in 1948
Products
Its products include tea, macadamia, banana, apples, peaches, potatoes, tomatoes, peas, maize, soya beans and it has poultry and beef cattle
Estates
Claremont Estate
Located in Nyanga. Its produce includes apples, stone fruit, passion fruit and potatoes. Claremont became a certified seed potato producer under the Zimbabwe Potato Micro Propagation Association during 2012.
Kent Estate
Located in Norton. Its produce includes certified seed potatoes and a variety of horticultural crops including all year round tomatoes, pepper,peas (mangetout and sugarsnaps)and fine beans, row crops such as maize and soya beans and poultry
Clearwater Estate
Located in Chipinge. Its produce includes macademia nuts, tea, ristonuts and avocados.
Roscommon Estate
Located in Chimanimani, Eastern Zimbabwe. Its produce includes red tea Wanganella -
Southdown Estate
Located in Chipinge. It is a producer of tea
Blended Tea Factory
It is at Clearwater Estate, Chipinge, where value addition of more than 1000t of bulk tea into packaged tea takes place. Three Leaves and Crest Value are the most popular brands. [1]
Significant Events
- Delta used to own 40% of Ariston then sold its shares (2009)
- Emvest used to own 40% of Ariston Holdings and sold its shares (2012)
- Ariston Holdings Limited sold FAVCO (2017)
References
- ↑ http://www.ariston.co.zw Business Centres], , , Retrieved: 15 June 2018