The early activities of AB “Kauno grudai” reach back to 1887, and are related to the construction of a mill under the order of Russian Czar Alexander II. The construction work lasted for more than a century and was completed in 1980. This construction work was aimed at increasing the power of the Russian Czar’s empire. Ten large warehouses were built before World War I. The mill and a chain of warehouses became the property of the then independent Republic of Lithuania in 1919. Ambitious economic projects were being realized all over the country.
Large amounts of grain storage were a necessity during this period of agricultural recovery. There was a great amount of preparation for regular foreign trade during the immense expansion of cities. In 1924, the government sponsored the construction of the Kaunas grain elevator, which had a capacity of 4200 tons. Animal husbandry made a great step forward 1955, and the need for mixed fodder increased. For this reason, the elevator was reconstructed into a mixed fodder factory. A new elevator servicing the mills of Kaunas city and its districts was built to one side the factory.
The joint-stock company “Kauno grudai” was established in 1993. The main production departments are the mill, mixed fodder workshop inKaunas, and the departments in Jurbarkas and Alytus.