“Adam de Villiers”
“New Generation”
has started as;
Crice Commodities S.A. was one of the best commodities brokerage firms in Europe. It was incorporated in the year 1974 in the City of Paris, France. At the time of its inception, the firm was known as Crice.
Since day one the initiative was taken by Patrick Adam de Villiers, who was the Chairman of the firm. With a successful stint of more than 10 years, he brought up the company as one of the best performing commodities brokerage firms in the World. Crice Commodities started its operations in the form of a cocoa beans and coffee brokerage firm.
In the middle 1970’s, an expansion took place in the operations of the company. A second office was opened in the city of Douala (Cameroon)
A third office in the city of Manila (Philippines)
and eight branch offices were opened in the city of Abidjan (Ivory Cost), in the city of Niamey (Niger), in the city of Accra (Ghana), in the city of Lagos (Nigeria), in the city of Lomé (Togo), in the city of Bangui (Central Africa), in the city of Santos (Brazil) and in the city of Geneva (Switzerland) . It is regarded as the first branch offices set up by a commodities brokerage firm, which had a direct line connection with its headquarters in Paris.
In the early years, the reputed clients of Crice Commodities included the following famous corporate:
- Bernard Rothfos (Hamburg Germany), Tardiva (Paris France), Unidaf (Paris France), Café Jacob (Germany), Café Jacques Vabre (France), Mars (USA), Nestlé (USA, Switzerland, France,…), General Food (USA) and many others around the World.
In the earlier part of the 1980’s, the brokerage firm was able to achieve the position of a market leader in the field of commodity brokerage (green coffee, cocoa beans and spices).
In the decade of 1980’s, the brokerage firm played in the funding of paint and plastic manufactures (USA) and became Sponsor of the Orange Ball,
in vending machine Operations (USA),
in African Art Galleries (USA),
and in Consulting Companies (USA).
In the decade of 1990’s, the brokerage firm played in the funding of Irrigation, water saving and computer control irrigation Company in France developing partnership on Research & Development with French State Corporations as INRA, IFREMER, ADERSA, CNIH, CTIFL and Nuclear Center of CADARACH.
In the decade of 2000’s, Patrick Adam de Villiers has concentrated activity on Consulting to Swiss Banking, Governments and high net worth individuals.
In the decade of 2010’s it was registered
Adam de Villiers Foundation in the city of Wilmington (Delaware USA).
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Adam de Villiers Foundation has registered and has funded
Madagascar Foundation in the city of Wilmington State of Delaware (USA) as a Non Profit, Public Charity and has been granted a 501 (c)(3) by the IRS.
Adam de Villiers Foundation has also registered and funded
Madagascar Association in the city of Paris (France)
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