Francisco Pons Martí starts his business at the Lonja de Valencia purchasing products such as peanuts, tiger nuts and beans.

We install the first machines for cleaning, shelling, and sorting nuts and dried fruit. Our industrialisation begins.

The second generation of the family joins the organisational structure: Paco and Juan Antonio Pons Alcoy, Francisco’s sons.

We set up Importaco S.L. We decide to focus on the dried fruit market and give up commercialising pulses.

We launch the Sales Development Plan based on Cash & Carry and open 18 centres across Spain.

We create the brand Hechos al Sol, which is created with the aim of supplying modern distribution in the last decade of the 20th century.

The third generation of the family joins the company, focusing on new markets and objectives for the 21st century, which is about to begin.

We create the Casa Pons brand and develop a plan to produce and package in new formats needed by the retail sector.

We acquire the Polish company Domat to boost international development. At the same time, we sign the Family Protocol.

We purchase shares in the mineral water company Aguas de Cortes in order to diversify our business.

We open our Technology Centre as a commitment to generating knowledge and innovation applied to healthy eating.

We begin the generational changeover at Importaco: Paco Pons Alcoy is named President and Toño Pons Casañ, Executive Director.

We create Importaco Turkey to process and package dried fruits and nuts. We obtain ISO 14001, certification of the Environmental Management System.

We purchase the Agua de Bronchales bottling plant. We open purchasing offices in the United States, Turkey, Argentina, and China.

We purchase the mineral water bottling plants of AguaDoy, in Calera y Chozas (Toledo), and Font Teix, in Bunyola (Balearic Islands).

Toño Pons Casañ is appointed president at a time of major expansion for the company in the nuts and mineral water markets.

We acquire the Italian company Besana, specialising in nuts and dried fruit for retail. Inauguration of the seed production centre in Sagunto.