Company Divisions Innovation Sustainability Career Contact Global FACTS & FIGURES HomeCompanyFacts & Figures HALF A CENTURY OF HISTORY International competence with Hanseatic tradition: As a family business, we use the knowledge of 50 years of experience in all our decisions. DVA began its operations in 1968 as a ship-broker in Hamburg, Germany. According to the demands of changing markets, the company evolved into a specialist for integrated services in the fields of marketing and product development. Today we operate in three divisions: DVA Agro: Crop protection, Crop Nutrition, Bio Products and Adjuvants / DVA Plastics: Plastics for Engineering / DVA Health & Nutrition: Food-Additives, Pharmaceutical Raw Material and Veterinary Products. 1968 Foundation of DVA by Detlef von Appen. 1972 Horst Damm joins the company and establishes steel trading activities with Southeast Asia. 1980 In Bejing, the first overseas office of DVA opens its doors. 1983 The leadership team of DVA divides its business into trading and shipping activities. 1993 DVA branches out into the field of crop protection products. 1995 DVA starts exploring food ingredients and pharmaceuticals. 1998 Mexico becomes a new place for DVA’s food ingredients and pharma business. 2000 South America turns into DVA’s new market for crop protection products. 2001 Matthias Damm takes over as CEO. 2003 DVA enters into the markets of Brazil, Colombia and India. 2004 The new Plastics Division begins its operations. 2010 DVA expands the business with crop protection products into Africa. 2015 The Brazilian operation is divested. 2018 New production facilities go on stream in Mexico and Argentina. DVA at a glance: facilities in 20 countries, more than 300 employees, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. 2018 DVA West Africa & DVA East Africa started with a local operation – B2B 2019 New DVA Agro R&D Center in Argentina 2019 DVA Agro launch a disruptive nanotechnology crop protection 2019 DVA Agro invested to build up the own technology of Crop Nutrition and launched Incentia™ 2020 New Market Access of DVA Agro In Peru 2020 DVA Restarted the business in Brazil with Incentia™ Technology 2020 DVA Agro Market Access in Bolivia Acquiring a local company DBI – Farmers Direct access 2020 DVA Europe started in Spain, France and Italy. STAY UP TO DATE GO FURTHER. TOGETHER COMPANY Who is DVA? Facts & Figures Strategy & Mission Social Responsibility Sustainability Career DIVISIONS DVA AGRO DVA HEALTH DVA FOODS DVA PLASTICS MEDIA CENTER News & Events Certificates Downloads DVA LOCATIONS Europe Americas Africa CIS Asia © 2021 DVA Group. All rights reserved. Website & Digital Strategy by www.endustry.io | Imprint | Privacy Policy