Aston Agro-Industrial SA

About Aston Agro-Industrial SA

Aston Agro-Industrial SA is an international trading company headquartered in Lausanne. The company mediates between producers and buyers of agricultural commodities and offers a trading network for cereals (wheat, barley, maize, linseed, peas), vegetable oils (soybean, sunflower, rapeseed, linseed and maize oil) as well as oilcakes and expeller (sunflower and rapeseed meal, rapeseed and linseed expeller). In addition to trading, Aston Agro-Industrial SA develops supply chains and distribution concepts, accredits suppliers and works to make the entire route of the products from the farm to the customer traceable. Its customers include private milling companies as well as state procurement agencies such as Egyptian GASC, Turkish TMO, Saudi GFSA, Algerian OAIC, Tunisian ODC, Bangladesh DG Food, Pakistan TCP and PASSCO as well as Qatar QFM. Main trading partners include Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Brazil, Argentina, Algeria, Tunisia, China and India. The company was founded in 1996 and relocated to Lausanne in 2019.

Site

Lausanne

Processes

International trading of agricultural commodities (cereals, pulses, oils, oilcakes/expeller), Development of supply chains and distribution concepts, Supplier accreditation

Certificates

Business Ethics and Compliance

Founded

1996

Industries

Agricultural commodity trading, Food & Beverage, Transport/Logistics/Supply Chain, Agricultural wholesale

1. 01

   Sourcing from producers

2. 02

   Supplier accreditation

3. 03

   Development of supply chains and distribution concepts

4. 04

   International trading and distribution

5. 05

   Delivery to private and state buyers

Locations

Compliance and Ethics

The company conducts its activities in accordance with applicable requirements and legislation, attaches importance to business ethics and compliance and pursues a zero-tolerance policy towards corruption.

History

1. 1996

   Founding, commercial register entry on 31.10.1996

2. 2015

   Merger: transfer of assets and liabilities of United Agro Industrial AG, Zurich.

3. 2019

   Change of registered office and address to Lausanne

4. 2021

   Diana-Maria Vikulova becomes Chair of the Board of Directors, Konstantin Petin becomes a member of the Board of Directors

5. 2023

   Aston Agro-Industrial SA exits the ownership of Aston JSC; Vadim Vikulov takes over direct ownership

6. 2024

   Konrad Hurni and Marcus Tuor join the Board of Directors; Konstantin Petin steps down

7. 2025

   Urs A. Kälin steps down from the Board of Directors