FLOUR MILLS NIG. PLC Company Profile

FLOUR MILLS NIG. PLC

Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN) was incorporated on 29th September, in 1960 as a private limited liability company with a modest paid-up share capital of N1 million and converted to a public company in November 1978. Nigerian and Overseas shareholders hold the beneficial interest in the company’s equity. In line with the AFS 2020, our foreign shareholders include Excelsior Shipping Company Limited with 62.95% shareholdings. Over 75,000 individuals and institutional investors hold the balance.
 
Wheat milling forms the financial backbone of our diversified company. FMN pioneered flour milling in Nigeria when its first mill was commissioned at Apapa in 1962 with a grinding capacity of 500 metric tonnes of wheat per day. Today, the Apapa milling complex has a rated capacity of over 8,000 metric tons per day making it one of the largest single site mills in the world. All the mills are manned by a team of highly trained and skilled professionals working at a high level of efficiency attested to by our ISO 9001:2008 accreditation recognizing that our flour manufacturing facilities are world class and operate within an internationally recognized Quality System. FMN had over the years made huge investments in milling technology and human capital to sustain its pre-eminent position and maintain its competitive advantage in the Nigerian flour milling industry.
 
In it’s over six-decade history, FMN’s flagship food brand, “Golden Penny”, continues to be one of the best known and the preferred brands amongst bakers, confectioneries and consumers in Nigeria. The “Golden Penny” basket of foods has now grown to include products such as semovita, masavita, pasta, noodles, refined sugar, margarine, vegetable oils, and a range of snacks and breakfast cereals, instantly recognizable in any Nigerian household.
 
FMN’s first investment outside Flour Milling was in BAGCO in 1978. BAGCO now a Division of FMN is a pace setter in woven polypropylene sack manufacturing. With its two giant plants at Lagos and Kano, it is by far the largest and supplier of choice to many industrial and agro-allied companies in Nigeria in the packaging of flour, cement, grains, salt, detergent, fertilizer, merchandise, farm harvests, shopping, etc. The BAGCO brand, which has succeeded in gaining international recognition, has also entered the export market with some of its polymer bags going to the African Continent and as far as the United States of America.
 
They climbed another milestone when the company’s foray into Cement. The company operated a large cement terminal at Apapa and marketed its cement under “Burham Cement” brand, renowned for high quality and consistency. The cement terminal had a handling capacity of 10,000 metric tonnes of cement per day. In line with the Federal Government’s backward integration policy, Flour Mills invested in the United Cement Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (UNICEM) Calabar, in 2002. UNICEM operates a green field, fully integrated cement plant, with a capacity of 2.5 million metric tonnes of cement per annum. In 2015, a strategic decision was made to dispose of the investment in UNICEM and refocus the group as a publicly traded, Food and Agro-Allied Company that strives to use locally sourced materials to develop and produce unique consumer products for the local markets.
 
Beyond wheat-based products,Flour mill Nigeria Group’s strategic imperative in the years ahead is to create value in the supply chain and reduce dependence on imported raw materials. To this end, FMN has recently invested billions of Naira in its agro-allied ventures. The Group’s strategic diversification into agribusiness began in 1978 with the investment in a 10,000ha Kaboji Farm, which is close to the town of Kontagora in Niger State. We have subsequently made many other significant investments in primary processing of locally grown soybean, palm fruit, cassava, maize, and sugar cane; storage, aggregation and distribution of locally sourced grains and export commodities; manufacture, and distribution of agro-inputs, such as seeds and fertilizers. These strategic investments across the major crop value chains are setting the pace for others to follow and continue to strengthen our position as Nigeria’s Premier Food and Agro-Allied Company.
 
To ensure the continued viability and sustainability of our Food and Agro-Allied operations in a challenging business environment, we have also invested heavily in support services in the form of manufacturing and marketing of packaging materials; power generation; ground transport logistics; and port operations; which include shipping, customs clearing, forwarding, and a shipping agency.
 
Indeed, Flour Mill Group is continuously exploring opportunities for strategic partnerships to grow and enhance competitive positioning in its main line of business in Nigeria and at a future date extend its investment and business activities beyond the borders of Nigeria.
 
 
BOARD OF DIRECTOR
Mr. John G Gbededo- Vice chairman
Mr Omoboyede Olusanya – GMD/CEO
Professor Jerry Gana – non-executive
Mr Alfono Garate - non-executive.
Alhaji Rabiu Gwarzo- non –executive
Mr Yannis katsarakis – non-executive
Mr Folusho Philips – non – executive
Alhaja Yunus Olalekan Saliu – non-executive
Mr FRA Williams – non-executive
Mrs Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman – non-executive 
Alhaji Muhammad K. Ahmed – independent non-Executive director