September 21, 2012

Canagen Pharmaceuticals Inc. out-licenses its first pharmaceutical product to Alda Pharmaceuticals Corp.

September 19, 2012

Fazio Corporation Inc. is established in Guyana.

September 13, 2012

The Fazio Group acquires controlling shares of TSX-V and NASDAQ OTC listed Alda Pharmaceuticals Corp.

December 8, 2011

Fazio Corporation Limited achieves a milestone of total sales of 3 million tonnes of Sulphur to S.E. Asia.

April 17, 2011

Fazio Corporation Limited finalizes the purchase/sale agreement of 1,260,000 metric tonnes of iron ore from Mexico to Henan, China.

August 18, 2007

The Fazio Group invests in publicly traded (CNSX and O3X) Ona Power Corp, which owns and operates a 2 x 60MW coal-fired power plant and project in Hunan Province, China.

May 9, 2003

The Fazio Group’s Canagen Pharmaceuticals Corporation establishes its Sino-Foreign Joint venture Company with Haier Group’s Qingdao Haier Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. with investment of US$ 12 million.

August 2, 2001

Canagen Pharmaceuticals Inc. is established.

November 18, 1998

The Fazio Group opens its USD 380 million, 73-storey, 135,000 square metre, Hung Cheong Plaza, commercial/residential building in Shenzhen, China.

September 10, 1999

The Fazio Group purchases controlling shares in publicly traded (TSX-V), Alta Natural Herbs & Supplements Ltd., for US$ 1.3 million.

January 9, 1996

The Fazio Group breaks ground on its USD 380 million, 73-storey, 135,000 square metre, Hung Cheong Plaza, commercial/residential building in Shenzhen, China.

March 21, 1994

Fazio Tobacco Corporation establishes its cigarette factory in Angola, Companhia Angolana De Tabacos Lda. (Angola), with investment of US$ 9.6 million.

February 17, 1993

Fazio Pharmaceuticals Corporation establishes its 150,000 square feet pharmaceuticals factory in Moscow, Russia with investment of US$ 18 million.

October 22, 1992

The Fazio Group together with Shanghai Industrial Investment Co., Ltd (SIIC), jointly establishes Kai Shang Africa Exports Ltd., in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the import & distribution of Shanghai light industrial products in Southern Africa.

October 9-19, 1992

The Fazio Group organizes and hosts the first ever Shanghai Trade Exhibition in South Africa, in conjunction with the Shanghai Government and Shanghai Industrial Investment Co., Ltd. (SIIC). This international exhibition, held in Johannesburg, showcased light industrial products from over 200 factories in Shanghai.

April 8, 1990

Fazio Corporation (Russia) Pvt. Ltd. opens its office in Moscow, Russia.

March 21, 1990

The Fazio Group acquires Singapore-based, bulk and container shipping & warehousing company, Empire Shipping & Transportation Corporation Ltd., for US$ 68.8 million.

February 15, 1990

The Fazio Groups sells its Chinese beer factory in Huizhou to, Australia-based, Bond Corporation for US$ 39.8 million.

November 6, 1988

The Fazio Group establishes its first Joint Venture Compensation Trade Company with Kunming Cigarette Factory and China Tobacco Import & Export Yunnan Co., (CTIECY) with initial investment of US$ 20 million.

April 18, 1988

The Fazio Group launches its “China Beer 88” in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau and China.

February 6, 1988

The Fazio Group opens its US$ 28 million beer factory, Huizhou Non-Alcohol Beverage Brewery, in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China.

November 1, 1987

Fazio Corporation Limited ships its first million tonnes of Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP) fertilizer to S.E. Asia.

September 2, 1987

Fazio Corporation ships its first million tonnes of Potash to S.E. Asia.

August 17, 1986

Fazio Corporation Limited and its subsidiaries are re-organized under The Fazio Group of Companies.

July 8, 1986

The Fazio Group invests US$ 16 million to establish its first factory in China, in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province -Huizhou Non-Alcohol Beverage Brewery - through its subsidiary, China Swiss Beer & Beverage Trading Co., Ltd., to produce China’s first non-alcohol beer, with technology acquired from Carlsberg Corporation.

June 6, 1986

Fazio Corporation Limited ships its first million tonnes of Sulphur to S.E. Asia.

April 18, 1986

Fazio Corporation ships its first million tonnes of Phosphate Rock to S.E. Asia.

March 28, 1986

Great Asia Development Ltd. formally changes its name to Fazio Corporation Limited.

March 7, 1986

Great Asia Development Ltd. acquires Vancouver-based, Contimex International Corp., Canada’s first and largest international trading house, specializing in the global export & counter-trade (barter) of bulk commodities, for US$ 48 million.

March 8, 1983

Fazio Foods International Ltd. is established. The company is Western Canada’s largest processor of vegetable cooking oils and canned foods.

September 1982

Catamet Manufacturing Corporation is sold for Cdn$1.5 million to a group of investors.

March 31, 1979

The founder of The Fazio Group establishes Catamet Manufacturing Corporation, the first and only Platinum, Palladium and Rhodium extraction and refining company in Canada, extracting and refining precious metals from used/recycled automobile catalytic converters.