| 2010 | - Royal Smilde announces sponsorship Olympia’s Tour 2010, a cycle match for young international talent through the Netherlands in six days.
- FanoFineFood and Romi Smilfood progressing together as Smilde Foods
- Smilde Foods concentrates the production of salads in Oosterwolde.
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| 2009 | - Closing down of the factory of FanoFineFood in Oldenzaal, where chilled easy-to-prepare meals were produced.
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| 2008 | - Smilde Bakery sells cheese biscuits to Euro Pâtisserie.
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| 2006 | - Smilde Bakery sells ‘traditional biscuit’ assortment to Dutch Van Doorn Bakery and closes the plant at Bodegraven
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| 2005 | - Business Unit Bakery starts operating under the name Smilde Bakery.
- Smilde Bakery buys bakery activities of Dutch CSM's subsidiary Unipro, known as deGoede
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| 2004 | - Take-over of FanoFineFood BV in Oosterwolde.
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| 2003 | - Take-over of the bakery Van Welzen BV in Bodegraven.
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| 2001 | - Selling of the business unit Fresh Chilled (FanoFineFood BV) by management buy-out.
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| 2000 | - Closing down of the fat melting activities in Heerenveen.
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| 1998 | - Start of building new factory in Eindhoven.
- The amalgamation of Romi and Smilfood: Romi Smilfood.
- Ending of the production of the fat melting factory in Heerenveen.
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| 1996 | - Building of a new factory in Elsholz Berlin; the Brandenburger Fettschmelze in co-operation with Robert Unkel GmbH.
- Take-over of the bakery factory Patisserie Renaissonaise in France.
- Take-over of the producer of fresh chilled meals and meal components Profood in Oldenzaal.
- Take-over of the company Subliem in Belgium.
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| 1992 | - Take-over of the bakery factory Les Délices du Palais in Septeuil, France.
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| 1988 | - Smilde Holding receives the predicate Royal and is renamed to Royal Smilde.
- End of the activities in the sugar work branch by the selling of Frisia.
- New fat melting factory in Erolzheim, South Germany.
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| 1986 | - Take-over of the Rotterdamse Margarine Industrie (Romi).
- Purchase of the second fat melting company Fondoirs Gachot in Strassbourg, France.
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| 1981 | - Take-over of the bakery Pruvé in Edam.
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| 1980 | - Take-over of the salad company FineFood in Emmen.
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| 1979 | - Take-over of Fano B.V. in Oosterwolde.
- Purchase of the fat melting factory in Romans/Lyon in France.
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| 1978 | - Building of the new factory Smilfood in Heerenveen (an amalgamate of margarine production and replacing of bakery).
- Start activities in the snack branch by take-over of Albert van Zoonen in Schagen.
- Take-over of the refinery De Oosterenk in Epe.
- Opening of a new factory in Biebesheim/Frankfurt, Germany.
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| 1977 | - Take-over of the margarine factory Nederveen in Den Bosch.
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| 1976 | - Opening of a new fat melting factory in Eindhoven (production of Nijmegen, Breda and Kerkrade are transferred to Eindhoven).
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| 1974 | - Take-over of the margarine company Batava in Nijmegen. Take-over of the sugar work company Frisia in Irnsum.
- Take-over of the Central Bakery Schoterland.
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| 1973 | - Take-over of the margarine company De Rijnstreek in Bodegraven.
- Take-over of the fat melting company Havimex in Kerkrade.
- Start activities in the sugar work branch by take-over of Tangara.
- Building of a new fat melting factory in Bockhorst, Germany.
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| 1972 | - Smilde Holding BV replaces Mildis Holding; all incorporated companies are changed into limited companies.
- Take-over of Benninga’s Friesche Margarine Fabrieken, Leeuwarden.
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| 1970 | - Take-over of the fat melting company Van der Jagt, Breda.
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| 1969 | - Take-over of the fat melting company Hoogenhout in Nijmegen, Gelderland.
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| 1968 | - Together with Smeding and the NPM, the forming of Mildis Holding; extension of the melting capacity plus start of new activities in margarine and refining of vegetable oils.
- Arend Smilde (son of Dirk Smilde) starts working in the company (fifth generation).
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| 1966 | - Opening of new fat melting factory in Oudeschoot, Heerenveen-Zuid.
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| 1965 | - First depot opened in Bardel, Germany. Start fat melting factory in Bockhorst, Germany.
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| 1964 | - Take-over of the fat melting factory Jellema in Leeuwarden. The production is transferred to Heerenveen.
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| 1963 | - Start of building a new factory in Oudeschoot (Heerenveen-Zuid).
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| 1963 | - Purchase of the sister-company Gebr. Smilde, Rotterdam which was closed several years later; the trade- and depot functions are taken over by the depot in Zoetermeer.
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| 1961 | - Opening of a new fat melting factory in Apeldoorn.
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| 1957 | - Opening of the first depot in Broek in Waterland.
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| 1954 | - Dirk Smilde is appointed as co-director in Heerenveen next to his father.
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| 1945 | - Dirk Smilde (fourth generation) starts working in the factory in Heerenveen.
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| 1941 | - Start of collecting and melting of raw fats.
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| 1930 | - Take-over of a fat melting factory in Maubeuge, France.
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| 1923 | - Building of a new fat melting factory in Rotterdam.
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| 1914 | - Building (replacing) of a fat melting factory in Brussels, Belgium.
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| 1908 | - Closing of the factory in Harlingen. Continuing export activities and start of fat melting factory in Rotterdam by Jan Smilde.
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| 1905 | - Opening of a fat melting factory in Brussels, Belgium by Roelof Smilde.
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| 1902 | - Natura beef fat is submitted to the trade register. Natura is awarded a prize for the first time.
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| 1898 | - Purchase of slaughterhouse in Harlingen. Foundation of a partnership under firm Gebr. Smilde by three sons of the founder: Sybren, Jan and Roelof Smilde.
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| 1863 | - Purchase of the first company building at the Heerenwal in Heerenveen where a slaughterhouse is established.
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