US grain handler to expand commodity operations in Australia 18 August 2010 The Omaha, Nebraska-based grain handler, the Gavilon Group, is to expand its operations in Australia with the opening of a second trading office in Brisbane. The company’s expansion in Australia follows deregulation of the Australian grain market a couple of years ago. The new Brisbane office will augment Gavilon’s procurement, transportation, logistics, marketing, distribution, and risk management services in the Asia-Pacific region. International Division President, David Levine, said that the company was keen to expand its participation in the Australian origination market. Established over 130 years ago as a grain handler, Gavilon now operates in over 200 locations on six continents, managing one of the largest global grain merchandising operations and feed ingredient businesses in the United States, and running one of the largest fertilizer distributions networks in the world. Gavilon also provides storage, transportation and logistics services in the global energy market for crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids and renewables, including ethanol, biodiesel and biomass. More information |