IANSA (company)

IANSA (from Industria Azucarera Nacional) is a Chilean sugar grower, refiner, and manufacturer of sweeteners and sugar products.[1] It also produces fruit juices, tomato paste, and pet and animal food.[1]

Iansa Company
IANSA
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1953
Headquarters
ProductsSugar, juices, animal food
Websitewww.iansa.cl

IANSA was founded in 1953 as a government-run CORFO.[2] It was pushed to privatize under the economic policies of dictator Augusto Pinochet.[3] After the Crisis of 1982, the company went bankrupt,[3] but continued its privatization, which was completed by 1988.[4]

References

  1. Nuestros Negocios (in Spanish), IANSA, retrieved January 17, 2018
  2. Historia: 1953 (in Spanish), IANSA, archived from the original on March 19, 2019, retrieved January 17, 2018
  3. Rytkönen, Paulina (2004). Fruits of Capitalism: Modernization of Chilean Agriculture, 1950-2000. Lund Studies in Economic History. 31. Almqvist & Wiksell International. pp. 34–35. ISBN 9122020942.
  4. Historia: 1988 (in Spanish), IANSA, archived from the original on March 19, 2019, retrieved January 17, 2018


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