History

Company Milestones

1897: L. Wurfbain & Co. B.V. was founded in Amsterdam, the Netherlands as a trading-arm of a family owned edible oil factory. Rubber trading started in the 1920's and became an important factor from 1936 onward.

1908: ACOMO entered the rubber business as a Dutch public listed company to invest money in rubber plantations in the Dutch East Indies.

1912: Nordmann, Rassmann & Company (NRC) was founded as an international natural rubber trading firm in Hamburg, Germany.

1964: Singapore Tong Teik Pte Ltd. was founded in Singapore.

1985: ACOMO acquired L. Wurfbain & Co. B.V.

1998: A joint venture between ACOMO and Singapore Tong Teik Pte Ltd established RCMA Commodities Asia Pte Ltd (RCA), headquartered in Singapore. RCA became the holding company for the global rubber trading group including, L.Wurfbain & Co. B.V. in Europe and Tong Teik Pte Ltd in Singapore.

2000: RCMA Commodities Asia took over Fenley Trading in Norfolk and changed its name to RCMA Americas Inc, in Norfolk, VA strengthening RCA's foothold in the North American Market.

2002: Nordmann Rassman Chemicals GmbH's rubber division joined the RCMA Commodities Asia family, strengthening our service to German speaking customers. The two European companies changed their names to Wurfbain Nordmann B.V. in the Netherlands and Wurfbain Nordmann GmbH in Germany.

2008: RCMA Commodities Asia established Tong Teik China in Shanghai, our first office in China, affirming our commitment to the Chinese polymers market.

2010: Singapore Tong Teik Pte Ltd bought all the shares of RCMA Commodities Asia Pte Ltd from the existing shareholders, ACOMO, Nordmann Rassmann GmbH and Mr Albert van Feggelen.

2010: Kincol Holdings Pte Ltd becomes majority shareholder of RCMA Commodities Asia. Kincol Holdings is an investment vehicle that Michael Coleman, Douglas King and Chris Pardey have set up to invest in RCMA Commodities Asia Pte Ltd.

2011:Wurfbain Nordmann changed its name to Wurfbain B.V. in January with the sale of Nordmann Rassmann Chemical shares to Kincol.  RCMA Commodities Asia entered the coal market with the opening of Tong Teik Coal in Singapore.  The group expanded its natural rubber presence with the purchase Corrie MacColl (London) and the assimilation of Alan L. Grant (New York) into the USA operations.  The group also opened an office in Vietnam to support their entry into coffee trading.