{{Short description|Australian agribusiness}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox company | name = Manildra Group | logo = Manildra logo.svg | type = | traded_as = | founded = 1952 | founder = Dick Honan | location_city = Gladesville | location_country = | locations = 7 locations:<br>Bomaderry<br>Cootamundra<br>Gunnedah<br>Harwood<br>Manildra | area_served = | key_people = | industry = Agribusiness | products = Ethanol<br>Glucose<br>Meat processing<br>Starch | services = | revenue = $1.2 billion | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | divisions = | subsid = | owner = Honan family | homepage = [http://www.manildra.com.au/ www.manildra.com.au] }}
The '''Manildra Group''' is an Australian agribusiness based in Sydney. It was formed in 1952 when Dick Honan purchased a flour mill in Manildra. In 1966 a starch and gluten plant was established in Auburn. In the early 1970s, further starch plants opened in Bomaderry and Devonport, Tasmania, a glucose plant in Bomaderry and a flour mill in Gunnedah purchased.<ref name=Timeline>[http://www.manildra.com.au/timeline/ Timeline] Manildra Group</ref><ref>[https://www.theland.com.au/story/3373421/from-little-mill-to-big-player/ From little mill to big player] ''The Land'' 11 December 2014</ref>
In 1985 the Auburn plant closed with operations transferred to Bomaderry. In 1991, Ethanol production commenced in Bomaderry.<ref name=Timeline/> In July 2014, Manildra diversified into meat production with the purchase of an abattoir in Cootamundra.<ref>[https://www.theland.com.au/story/3380764/manildra-groups-meaty-move/ Manildra Group's meaty move] ''The Land'' 13 December 2014</ref>
In 2021, Manildra was ranked 29th on FoodTalks' Top Global Specialty Oil Company list.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fu|first=Rice|date=2021-05-26|title=2021年全球特种油脂企业30强|trans-title=2021 Global Top 30 Specialty Oil Companies|url=https://www.foodtalks.cn/news/foodnews/top_100/6037|access-date=2022-01-27|website=FoodTalks|language=zh}}</ref>
In October 2024, two grain silos at Manildra's Shoalhaven Starches plant in Bomaderry collapsed, spilling grain into the Shoalhaven River and triggering an emergency response.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gilbert |first=Romy |date=2024-10-23 |title=Grain clean-up to take weeks amid investigations into silo collapse |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-23/manildra-bomaderry-wheat-silos-grain-cleanup-/104505914 |access-date=2026-03-18 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> No significant environmental harm was caused to the river but the NSW Environment Protection Authority ordered Shoalhaven Starches to fund over $170,000 for local environmental projects and to undertake an environmental hazard analysis to prevent future incidents.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gilbert |first=Romy |date=2026-03-17 |title=Company ordered to pay $170,000 over grain silo collapse |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-17/shoalhaven-starches-170k-bomaderry-silo-collapse-order/106463822 |access-date=2026-03-18 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>
==Sunshine Sugar== Sunshine Sugar is partnership between the grower-owned New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-operative and the Australian family-owned business, Manildra Group.
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Category:Agriculture companies of Australia Category:1952 establishments in Australia Category:Sugar companies of Australia Category:Family-owned companies of Australia {{Australia-company-stub}}