IANSA (company) (original) (raw)

IANSA (from Industria Azucarera Nacional) is a Chilean sugar grower, refiner, and manufacturer of sweeteners and sugar products. It also produces fruit juices, tomato paste, and pet and animal food. IANSA was founded in 1953 as a government-run CORFO. It was pushed to privatize under the economic policies of dictator Augusto Pinochet. After the Crisis of 1982, the company went bankrupt, but continued its privatization, which was completed by 1988.