Company type | Public |
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Euronext: RIN | |
Industry | Agriculture |
Predecessor | Andrieux (from 1742) Chez Vilmorin-Andrieux (from 1775) Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie (from 1815) Vilmorin SA (from 1986) Vilmorin & Cie (from 1992) Vilmorin Clause & Cie (from 1997) |
Founded | 1743 |
Founder | Claude Geoffroy & Pierre Andrieux |
Headquarters | , France |
Area served | Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East, Australia |
Products | Seeds |
Number of employees | 750 |
Parent | Limagrain |
Subsidiaries | Vilmorin Iberica (Spain, Portugal), Vilmorin Italia (Italy), Vilmorin North America (USA, Canada), Vilmorin Do Brasil (Brazil), Vilmorin Atlas (Morocco), Vilmorin Anadolu Tohumculuk (Turkey), OOO Vilmorin (Russia), Semillas Shamrock Internacional (Mexico, Central America) |
Website | https://www.vilmorincie.com/en/ |
Vilmorin is a French seed producer. The company has a long history in France, where it was family-controlled for almost two centuries, and today exists as a publicly traded company owned principally by agro-industrial cooperative Groupe Limagrain, the largest plant breeding and seed company in the European Union.