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| Industry | Food Processing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1899 (1830)[1]: 55 |
| Defunct | 1998[1]: 246 |
| Fate | Bought out by Tiger Brands |
| Headquarters | Cape Town, Cape Colony (1830-1910) Cape Town, Union of South Africa (1910-) |
Key people | David Pieter de Villiers Graaff, Co-Founder & Chairman Jacobus Arnoldus Graaff Co-Founder |
| Products | Meat, Dairy Products, Seafood |
Number of employees | 18,000 (1985)[2] |
| Subsidiaries | Over a hundred[1] |
Imperial Cold Storage and Supply Company (ICS) was one of the largest meat processing, storage, distribution and marketing companies in South Africa, dominating the South African packaged food sector for almost a hundred years. The company was formally registered and listed as ICS in 1899, originally it grew out of Combrinck & CO. which was founded in 1830 in Cape Town. Combrinck & CO. was then merged into ICS.[1]: 13–15 ICS was one of the largest meat processing and distribution companies in the world. The company originally concentrated on supplying ships, but would go on to develop the first cold-storage enterprise in South Africa in conjunction with the Union and Castle shipping lines. Sir David Graaff, 1st Baronet was a founder, chairman and major shareholder.