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Rea Vipingo

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Rea Vipingo
Company typePublic
KN: REA
IndustryAgriculture
Founded1939
HeadquartersNairobi, Kenya
Key people
Neil Cuthbert
Group Executive Director
Oliver Fowler
Chairman
Richard Robinow
Director
ProductsSisal
RevenueDecrease KES: 2.570 Billion (2013)
Total assetsIncrease KES: 1.757 Billion (2013)[1]
WebsiteHomepage

Rea Vipingo is a company that operates sisal plantations in Kenya and Tanzania. The company's headquarters are located in Nairobi. Its stock was listed between 1996,[2] and 2015[3] on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.

It deals with the cultivation of agave in its plantations in Kenya (in Kwibezi and Vipingo) and, through the subsidiary Amboni Plantations Limited, in Tanzania[4] and with the marketing of both the sisal fiber obtained from it,[5] of the products (yarn, twine, rope) made with the fiber in the Amboni Spinning Mill production plant, owned by the company and which is located near the city of Tanga, in Tanzania.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ Rea Vipingo 2013 Annual Report
  2. ^ "Company history". Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Rea Vipingo delisted from NSE following buyout". 18 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Rea Vipingo - Our Sisal Estates". 13 October 2011. Archived from the original on 13 October 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  5. ^ "REA Vipingo - Products and Uses of Sisal". 20 November 2011. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  6. ^ "REA Vipingo - Amboni Spinning Mill, Tanzania". 12 November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2023.