General Info

One of the United States largest diversified, privately owned corporations, The Connell Company was founded as a rice-trading business. Under four generations of the Connell family, it has grown into a holding corporation for a number of companies, including: Connell Rice & Sugar, Connell International, Connell & Co., Connell Purchasing Services, Connell Gatco, Connell Technologies, Connell Realty & Development, Connell Finance, Investment Banking Group, Connell Equipment Leasing and Asset Remarketing Group. Together the companies export rice and sugar, manufacture food-processing equipment, provide brokerage and sales services to clients in the food and beverage industries, provide purchasing services, supply large-scale mining and construction equipment, provide asset management services, develop and manage commercial office buildings and offer real estate financing services. The Connell Company was founded in 1926 and has headquarters in Berkeley Heights, N.J.