Manildra Group

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.[1][2]

In 1985 the Auburn plant closed with operations transferred to Bomaderry. In 1991, Ethanol production commenced in Bomaderry.[1] In July 2014, Manildra diversified into meat production with the purchase of an abattoir in Cootamundra.[3]

In 2021, Manildra was ranked 29th on FoodTalks' Top Global Specialty Oil Company list.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

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.