ANTICO

With the commencement of new flight paths into Asia, again with the need to fill cargo requirements, Antico began airfreighting fresh produce into Singapore and continued to expand into Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong - transporting wherever Australian Quarantine allowed its products to go... Antico began sourcing fresh produce from overseas producers to be imported into Australia, as well as relaunching its expert wholesale division. The company again focussed on direct product supply from growers with whom it had long standing export associations, as well as venturing into several partnerships in farm ownership, mainly cherries and plums, in order to guarantee product supply... By 1980, the Antico business had expanded exponentially and due to a back injury, Joe Antico, one of the original entrepreneurs of the trio, was unable to continue working. Antico sold a quarter of the business to nephews Joe and Sam who had grown up in their father Vince's well known retail fruit shop..

Also known as: Antico International, Antico International Pty Ltd

Primary location: Sydney Australia