ADM Stories
We’re one of the world’s largest nutrition companies—committed to people, communities and the planet. We offer sustainable, innovative solutions to meet the world’s most fundamental needs for food, drink and more. We are Team ADM. These are our stories.
Chloé Blanc Honored with Inaugural Rachel Hudson Leadership Award
The accomplishments, career and life of Rachel Hudson, ADM Treasurer and Carbohydrate Solutions Chief Financial Officer, live on through a new, annual award celebrating her legacy of leadership. Chairman and CEO Juan Luciano explains why global Digital Marketing director Chloé Blanc was the clear choice to receive the inaugural award. Read more.
Coping With Unexpected Weather Conditions to Maintain Operations in Germany
For over a century, generations of families have been working at ADM Spyck’s Oilseeds crushing facility near the small village of Griethausen, close to the river Rhein in northwestern Germany. With many in the second and third generations part of the plant’s Operations team today, the close-knit group includes not only colleagues at the facility, but also neighbors and farmers in the area. And when faced with challenges, team ADM pulls together to overcome, which it most recently did in early February when the flooding of the Rhein due to heavy rainfall and snow melting in the mountains coincided with unusually cold weather. Read more.
150 Sightseers Safe...Thanks to #TeamADM
What do ADM colleagues do when a boat carrying 150 tourists loses power and is drifting out of control on a swift river current?
They save the day.
On April 11, the crews of two ARTCO vessels, the M/V Gateway Express and M/V Prairie Harvest, were working on the Mississippi in the St. Louis area when they heard a distress call on an open radio channel. A large sightseeing boat had lost all propulsion and was being carried downriver, out of control and spinning in the current, with 150 passengers on board. Read more.
