HISTORY
The history of Acesur is closely related to that of olive oil. The company’s beginnings date back to 1840, and since then, our brands have spread throughout the world at the same time that the olive culture has grown.
1840
Foundation of Oils and Soaps Luca de Tena.
1964
Juan Ramón Guillén Prieto founds Aceites del Sur SL in Madrid.
1966
The group moves to a factory in Valdemoro (Madrid).
1975
Acesur acquires Luca de Tena Oils and Soaps (founded in 1840) with the Dos Hermanas (Seville) bottling plant.
1977
Acquisition of the La Española Oils brand.
2000
Construction of the bottling plant and refinery in Aleppo (Syria), to supply the demand in Arab countries.
2002
Purchase of Aceites Coosur SA, with its bottling plant and refinery located in Vilches (Jaén). This purchase entails the acquisition of the Coosol and Coosur brands. In the same operation, Oleaginosas del Centro SA (Olcesa), a seed extractor in Tarancón (Cuenca), is acquired. It also implicitly includes the purchase of an olive grove by-product plant in Puente del Obispo (Jaén).
2009
Purchase of Ecología del Olivar, in Jabalquinto (Jaén). This is a by-product treatment plant.
2010
Acesur enters the sauce business with the purchase of the Duendesol plant in Córdoba.
2010
Start-up of the Juan Ramón Guillén Foundation.
2012
The Acesur commercial office is opened in New York (United States), to provide a better service to the growing North American market.
2015
Opening of a commercial office in the United Kingdom.
2021
Start-up of the Jabalquinto oil mill (Jaén).
2022
Official opening of the Acesur bottling plant in Suffolk (Virginia), the first of the group in the United States.