1950s
1952 - Manildra Group commences operations with the purchase of a flour mill in Manildra, western New South Wales. The mill supplies flour to bakeries in the surrounding countryside and suburban Sydney.
1960s
1966 - Starch and gluten plant was established in Auburn Sydney to separate flour into the basic components of carbohydrates (starch) and protein (gluten) for industrial users.
1970s
1970 - Second starch plant established at Nowra, a coastal town South of Sydney.
1972 - Third starch plant opened at Devonport on the Island State of Tasmania.
1972 - Flour mill purchased at Gunnedah, NSW.
1973 - Glucose plant opened at Nowra as an adjunct to the starch plant.
1974 - Marketing of protein products commences in USA, Britain, Japan and Taiwan. A subsidiary company, Manildra Group USA was established in the United States to sell Australian wheat protein products primarily gluten.
1979 - Production of starch and gluten commences in Minneapolis in the United States.
1980s
1985 - Auburn plant consolidated with Nowra operations, making Nowra plant one of the largest starch and gluten plants in the world. Manildra becomes the only producer of fructose in Australia.
1985 - Manildra established the Shoalhaven Environmental Farm adjacent to the Nowra Plant.
1988 - Ethanol plant purchased in Hamburg, USA, to form the Manildra Energy Corporation.
1990s
1991 - Ethanol (Industrial alcohol) plant commences production at the Nowra site.
1991 - Durum Semolina plant commences production at Gunnedah.
1994 - Manildra Harwood Sugars joint venture is formed in conjunction with the NSW sugar-milling cooperative to refine and market refined sugar products. This addition to our product range together with the production of glucose, fructose and spray dried glucose makes Manildra the only true sweetener company in Australia.
1996 - 2001 - Major upgrades commenced at the Manildra Flour Mill, including installation of B and C mills and improved warehousing and packing facilities.
1999 - Installation of an additional ethanol distillery. This plant has increased ethanol production by 70%, and provides a very effective disposal for large volumes of lower grade starches ensuring quality products are supplied to industry.
2000 and Beyond
2000 - Formation of Aust-Thai Starches in Thailand to produce tapioca starch for the paper industry.
2001 - Formation of Manildra Park Petroleum supplying ethanol blended fuel to the NSW fuel market.
2001 - Expansion completed of the Manildra Mill. It now ranks amongst the ten largest mills in the world.
2002 - Acquisition of the Bioproducts Division of George Weston's Foods. A quote from the Chairman of The Manildra Group, Mr J.T.(Dick) Honan; "the acquisition will generate efficiencies within Manildra which will be of benefit to our customers as well as enabling the company to compete in the highly competitive global market".
The two major additions to Manildra's manufacturing facilities through this acquisition are:
Narrandera Flour Mill, New South Wales
Altona Starch and gluten plant, Victoria
2004 - Manildra Retail Division was formed to sell and market both private label and branded products.
2005- The Healthy Baker was launched; this is Manildra Group’s retail flour brand.
2008- Mac-Smith Manildra, MSM, was formed in Manildra to produce Canola Oils for sale into the industrial and retail market. These oils are marketed under The Healthy Baker brand.
