IANSA (from Industria Azucarera Nacional) is a Chilean sugar grower, refiner, and manufacturer of sweeteners and sugar products.[1] It also produces fruit juices, tomato paste, and pet and animal food.[1]
IANSA was founded in 1953 as a government-run CORFO.[2] It was pushed to privatize under the economic policies of dictator Augusto Pinochet. After the Crisis of 1982, the company went bankrupt,[3] but continued its privatization, which was completed by 1988.[4]
In September 2015, the English ED&F Man bought 100% of IANSA, but the following year it was seen to be in crisis, since it generated "barely 51 million" US dollars, "compared to a profit of more than US$4,000 million for the last year".