Our History

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DECCO was founded in 1934 by Charles F. Wallace and Martin F. Tiernan in California,

which already concerned with food waste, wanted to help citrus growers and packers to increase the marketed volume in the USA.

Their initial solution was a chlorine-based product, but soon innovation kicked in and new products and application equipment were developed to satisfy the increasingly demanding needs of customers and consumers. These new technologies were very successful and immediately overseas operations were set up to meet the same requirements all over the world.

Today DECCO provides its services in over 40 countries, with 6 manufacturing sites.

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DECCO, right from the very beginning, assumed the responsibility of being the postharvest agent of change,

providing solutions that guarantee food safety and allow growers and packers to find markets for their fruit near and far.

In their supply chain, until they reach consumer’s homes, fruits are affected by numerous pathologies and physiopathies which, if uncontrolled, might reduce fruit’s viability or its value. DECCO pioneered solutions for these problems such as water-based coatings or fungicides to prevent decay and, at the same time, application equipment that guarantee that these solutions are properly applied to keep the fruit protected and the consumer safe.

The originally Californian postharvest citrus-centric company evolved being DECCO today a multi-crop, multinational and multi-technology company whose aim is to provide

More and Better fresh food for the world.

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Innovation continues in DECCO at high rate,

with new sanitizers, new fungicides, new bio fungicides, new non- residue products, new natural coatings, high precision dosing equipment, systems to remove effluents and much more. DECCO, partnering with packers, develops strict protocols to ensure that packers can ship their produce to markets and consumers can confidently enjoy their fabulous tastes and flavors.

Discover the DECCO History

1934

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Company Foundation

Chlorinated solutions for Citrus

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1955

Acquisition of American Machinery Corp

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1965

Expansion to Italy

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1967

Expansion to Spain

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1972

DECCO launched the first ever water based coating. A great improvement vs solvent waxes.

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1982

DECCO Tab, first ever tab solution to keep away storage molds

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1985

Expansion to Israel

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1989

First Drencher in the citrus market

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1995

Foundation of Anning DECCO

DECCO Air: First wax applicator air+water

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1999

Introduction of DECCO Daf, first automatic dosifier of fungicides

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2005

As a solution against phytophthora, DECCO Fos

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2007

DECCO India

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2008

Expansion to South Africa

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2009

Expansion to US Pacific Northwest

DECCO patented the first SRC "System to Recover Water Treatment" to drastically reduce the water used in packinghouses

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2010

DECCO Costa Rica

DECCO Chile

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2011

Launch of DECCO Natur, product line, the all in one Zero Residue product line

DECCO Shield, first sunburn protection product to boost fresh produce quality from the orchard

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2014

Aerosol solutions based on food additives to sanitize the environment

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2018

Expansion to Andean Region

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2019

Expansion to Türkiye of DECCO Gida

Launch of the first biofungicide to store efficiently pome fruits

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2020

Acquisition of Ingeagro dry fungicide applicator

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2021

DECCO Central, the all in one devised to monitor all the postharvest application equipment

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2022

Creation of DECCO China organization

DECCO launches Citrashine N Pyr the first ever coating with pyrimethanil included in the coating matrix.