Alfredo Nugan emigrates from Spain with his family

Opening of first packing shed

First Nugan label printed

Commence transporting produce throughout Queensland

First pre-cooled and iced transport

Purchase Banna Avenue, Nugan Group’s current headquarters

Construction of state of the art packing complex

Operations begin at Banna Avenue

Ken Nugan joins the family business

Alfredo Nugan retires and Ken Nugan acquires the family business

Purchase Manuka Grove and develop into citrus orchard

Become major supplier of fruit and vegetable to the supermarkets

Nugan Group becomes a public company

Purchase wholesale market stands in Rocklea Markets, Brisbane

Nugan Quality Foods opens to supply citrus juice concentrates to domestic market

Changes in produce and fruit juice industries bring financial strain

Matthew Nugan joins family business

Ken Nugan dies of cancer

Michelle Nugan becomes Managing Director

Nugan Quality Foods looks to export market for opportunities

Nugan Group returned to private ownership

Nugan Quality Foods expands operations to accommodate export growth

Begin exporting cloudy apple juice to Asia

Purchase of 50% of Talinga Park

Purchase of 50% of Cookoothama

Develop vineyards at Cookoothama and Talinga Park

Nugan Quality Foods begins exporting carrot juice to Asia

Nugan Quality Foods doubles facility due to export growth

Develop 325 hectares of olives at Cookoothama

Purchase and development of Frasca’s Lane Vineyard

Development of Manuka Grove into a vineyard

Nugan Estate begins wine production (at Nugan Quality Foods site)

Michelin Restaurant opens at Nugan Group’s headquarters

Tiffany Nugan joins the family business

Nugan Estate launches wine brands globally

Nugan Estate opens state of the art winery with capacity to crush 5,000 tonne

Purchase state of the art olive oil press and launch Nugan Estate Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Sales growth results in winery increasing capacity to 10,000 tonne

Purchase of Crawford Road site for Nugan Quality Foods

Nugan Estate one of Australia’s Top 20 Wine Exporters

Nugan Estate owns 590 hectares of vineyards (18th largest vineyard holders in Australia), 220 hectares of citrus and 325 hectares of olives.

Nugan Quality Foods moves to Crawford Road with the completion of state of the art juice manufacturing plant

Nugan Quality Foods is largest exporter of niche products to Asia in the Southern Hemisphere with production in excess of 70,000 tonne per annum

Construction of Nugan Estate’s Tuscan Visitors’ Centre (completion 2010)