HACIENDA LA GLORIA

What HACIENDA LA GLORIA does

Hacienda La Gloria is a privately held Colombian agroindustrial group operating across two integrated divisions in the Cesar and Bolívar departments. The Agricultural Division cultivates oil palm on approximately 5,500 planted hectares, employing a cableway post-harvest system for fruit collection and an automated precision agriculture program for sanitary control. The Industrial Division, operating under Extractora La Gloria, comprises four plants: a Crude Palm Oil Extraction Plant with 30 ton/hour capacity expandable to 90 ton/hour, a Palm Kernel Oil Extraction Plant, a Cogeneration Plant producing energy from biomass byproducts, and a Composting Plant for organic waste processing.

The company's revenue model is built on commodity palm oil sales plus processing fees. It serves industrial buyers of crude palm oil and palm kernel oil for both domestic consumption and export, while also processing third-party fruit from 8,500 hectares of allied producers. Go-to-market is direct B2B enterprise sales to industrial buyers, with no public pricing disclosed. Founded in 2008 by a Colombian and foreign investment group, the company employs 1,000+ direct workers with a similar number of indirect jobs created regionally, and maintains FCPA anti-corruption compliance, HSE standards, and a zero-emissions production commitment as core operating principles.

Capital intensity is significant, with millions of USD invested across land acquisition (8,800 hectares total), the industrial complex, and processing infrastructure. Community development partnerships with SENA and Minuto de Dios formalize the company's regional social footprint, while membership in Fedepalma and Cenipalma anchors sector-level engagement. The business is positioned as a vertically integrated, ESG-conscious alternative supplier in the Colombian palm oil value chain, competing primarily against Southeast Asian producers on logistics-adjusted delivered cost.

Name

HACIENDA LA GLORIA

Legal name

Hacienda la Gloria

Website

https://haciendalagloria.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Hacienda La Gloria is a Colombian agroindustrial group that cultivates oil palm on approximately 5,500 hectares and processes crude palm oil, palm kernel oil, energy, and compost through its Extractora La Gloria complex, serving domestic and export industrial buyers via direct B2B sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Palm Oil Production

SIC

Fats & Oils (2070), Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro primary industry

Palm Oil Milling, Refining & Fractionation (AFAKAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Oil & Wax Crop Farming (Castor, Jojoba, Oil Palm for industrial uses) (AFAGAGAL), Tropical Oils & Fractions (Palm, Palm Kernel, Coconut) (AFAJALAD)

Keywords

• Palm oil production
• Oil palm cultivation
• Palm kernel oil
• Biomass cogeneration
• Organic composting

Headquarters

HQ city

Bogotá

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Agricultural Production: Cultivation of oil palm on approximately 5,500 hectares producing crude palm oil fruit (RFF)
2. Palm Oil Processing: Extractora La Gloria processes crude palm oil (30 ton/hour capacity, expandable to 90 ton/hour) and palm kernel oil. Processes fruit from own plantations plus third-party producers (8,500 hectares of allies)
3. Energy Cogeneration: Cogeneration plant producing energy from palm oil processing byproducts
4. Composting: Composting plant for organic waste processing

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Hacienda La Gloria cultivates oil palm on approximately 5,500 hectares and processes the harvest at its Extractora La Gloria industrial complex, which produces crude palm oil (30 ton/hour, expandable to 90 ton/hour), palm kernel oil, energy via biomass cogeneration, and organic compost. The plant is designed to process fruit from the company's own plantations plus third-party allied producers across 8,500 hectares, targeting industrial buyers in domestic and international markets.

Product overview

Hacienda La Gloria is an agroindustrial group focused on palm oil production, operating two integrated divisions. The Agricultural Division manages approximately 5,500 hectares of oil palm cultivation using cableway harvesting systems and precision agriculture for crop health. The Industrial Division (Extractora La Gloria) processes the harvest through four facilities: Crude Palm Oil Extraction Plant, Palm Kernel Oil Extraction Plant, Cogeneration Plant, and Composting Plant. The company also produces crude palm oil, palm kernel oil, and organic compost as primary products and byproducts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Crude Palm Oil (Aceite Crudo de Palma) Crude palm oil extracted at the 30 ton/hour (expandable to 90 ton/hour) Extractora La Gloria plant, produced from own plantations and third-party allied-producer fruit, sold for domestic consumption and export markets.
• Palm Kernel Oil (Aceite de Palmiste)
• Energy Cogeneration (Planta de Cogeneración)
• Organic Compost (Planta de Compostaje)
• Third-Party Fruit Processing Service

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,000+ direct and 1,000+ indirect jobs created in the region
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• SENA (Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2008Vocational training institution partnered with Hacienda La Gloria for community development and workforce training programs through skills development initiatives.
• Minuto de DiosminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2008Social development organization working with Hacienda La Gloria on productive projects and community welfare programs for local populations near the hacienda operations.
• Third-Party Palm Fruit ProducerscoreOthersAlly producers providing fruit from 8,500 hectares for processing at Extractora La Gloria, representing a core part of the business model for processing capacity utilization.
• FedepalmaminorOthersColombian Oil Palm Growers Federation, referenced in company footer. Hacienda La Gloria participates in industry events organized by Fedepalma including the National Congress.
• CenipalmaminorOthersOil Palm Research Center (Cenipalma), referenced in company footer. Provides research and development support for the oil palm sector.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• FGV Holdings: Malaysian integrated palm oil operator with significant upstream and downstream footprint. Comparable integrated model, useful as a public-market reference for plantation-level economics.
• IOI Corporation: Malaysian integrated palm oil group covering plantations, milling, and refining. Comparable vertically integrated model with much larger scale; useful benchmark for cost structure and downstream value capture.
• Wilmar International: Global agribusiness giant with the world's largest palm oil milling capacity. Competes for the same export buyers and downstream refining demand that Hacienda La Gloria ultimately feeds.
• Sime Darby Plantation: One of the world's largest integrated palm oil producers (Malaysia). Provides the global benchmark for upstream cultivation scale, processing efficiency, and downstream offtake that Hacienda La Gloria competes against on export tonnage.
• Golden Agri-Resources: Indonesia-headquartered integrated palm oil plantation and processing group. Direct comparator on cultivation-to-extraction economics and a likely reference point for Hacienda La Gloria's expansion benchmarks.
• Cargill (Palm Oil): Global agribusiness with major palm oil trading, processing, and sustainability programs. Relevant as a likely downstream offtaker and as the benchmark for sustainability/certification requirements that increasingly govern market access.

Direct peers

• Indupalma: Colombian oil palm grower and crude palm oil producer with own extraction capacity. Directly comparable vertically integrated model serving the same domestic and export CPO market as Hacienda La Gloria.
• C.I. Tropical: Colombian oil palm grower and CPO exporter. Comparable vertically integrated Colombian player targeting the same Fedepalma-coordinated export channels.
• Grupo Murrin: Colombian palm oil producer historically active in Cesar and surrounding regions. Direct geographic overlap with Hacienda La Gloria's operating footprint and similar upstream cultivation focus.

Regional players

• Oleoflores: Peruvian integrated palm oil grower and processor. Closest regional peer by business model (cultivation + extraction + refining), though serving a different national market with similar commodity dynamics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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