In 2012, Drie Mollen UK Limited, former a dormant company, was re-activated as an evergreen family investment platform in commodities. De Drie Mollen Holding Company was formed as a partner-led investment firm, with capital placed under the holding company.
The high-quality coffee and chocolate we all love is getting harder and harder to grow. Especially for the small farmers that make up the majority of the world’s producers. They’re dealing with rising production costs, weather change and diseases like coffee rust and black pot that can devastate an entire crop and causing significant pod losses of up to 30% and killing up to 10% of the trees annually.
To better understand these challenges, and how to help these farmers, we put itself in their shoes. In 2013, De Drie Mollen Holding bought its first coffee farm and cocoa plantations in Antioquia and Valle del Cauca, Colombia and subsequently farms in Dominica. We have a deep sense of fairness that extends to our farmers, our customers and future generations.
The history of De Drie Mollen dates back to 1818, when predecessors of the involved families, Mr. Sweens and his family, established De Drije Swarte Mollen, a coffee and tea manufacturing company based in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (den Bosch) in the south of the Netherlands. By the late 1900s, Drie Mollen had begun its development into an international coffee roasting business.
By the 1990s, five leading tea and coffee companies had joined the original founding Sweens family and the business continued to grow and develop.
Bo van der Putten
Bo van der Putten
Since the formation of De Drie Mollen Holding Company in 2012, we have diversified our commodity investment portfolio by expanding into different categories in the consumer goods and services sector.
Through our global investment platform, we have controlling and anchoring stakes in businesses that operate in multiple segments. Each business has established its own robust business model and strategy by leveraging industry-leading brands and a tailored products and services portfolio. These brands are distributed through a variety of channels in different geographies, and as a result address the needs of a broad consumer base.
De Drie Mollen is committed to delivering superior long-term shareholder returns, which are fundamentally dependent on a healthy planet and society.
Bo van der Putten