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1890 Don Luis Cano. Producer of Agricultural Machinery.
Valladolid / Castilla- León / North Spain.

1920 His son, Don Valerio Cano Gutierrez becomes co-founder of Urbon Agro Machinery.
Valladolid / Castilla-León / North Spain.

1929 Don Valerio Cano Gutierrez moves to Sevilla and becomes exclusive sales represantative of United States based Caterpillar in Sevilla / South Spain.

1933 Don Valerio Cano-Gutierrez is founder of several companies, including one that produces detergents and the only chocolate and confectionery factory
in Dos Hermanas / Seville.

Her name is San Miguel / Ordisi, which is the name of his eldest son.
The sweets are named after his eldest daughter Manuela and are called “Manolita".

1962 Don Benito Cano Pastor, son of Valerio, moves to Hamburg / Germany and imports wine, fish and mussels from Spain and Portugal.

He then introduces the olive to the German food retail trade as a pioneer. The olive was his life's work.
1994 Don Benito takes over Cepa S.L. in Cabra, a factory that produces olives. 2020 Don Benito dies in Cabra / Cordoba / Spain. His sons are the successors.

CEPA, S.L. is a Spanish food company with headquarter and production facility in Cabra (Córdoba), which mainly produces olives.

1995 Benito Cano-Zander, son of Benito, becomes managing director of alisa GmbH, later Melibea GmbH, after spending time as manager of a German food retail chain.

2020 Melibea GmbH is founded as Non Food, Animal Feed and Special Food Supplier, located in Hamburg.

2024- Today. Salt, olive oil, olives, organic products, spices, herbs, dried fruit and dried vegetables are the main products in the range, which are imported from Spain, EU countries and non-European countries.
Produced as licensed products under our brands or as private label.

See also under : www.decano.de and www.kumquatero.com

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Blog Cano / Melibea 09.2024