StoneX buys Integra, a Colombian coffee trader, exporter and mill
The US commodities firm is folding a family-run origination business near Medellín into its global coffee arm, the latest trading house to buy its way to the farm gate.
StoneX Group has agreed to buy Integra Trading, a Colombian coffee exporter and processor, folding its mill and sourcing network into StoneX's global commodities arm, the companies said.
The deal runs through StoneX's Switzerland-based trading entity, and Integra will join the StoneX Supply and Trading physical commodities division. Financial terms were not disclosed, and no closing date has been given.
A New York trader, a Colombian mill
A New York trading giant buys its way to a Colombian mill — the kind of deal that is becoming routine as origin consolidates.
StoneX, a New York-based financial services and commodities group formerly known as INTL FCStone, built its coffee business through the 2024 purchase of Mercon Specialty, a Seattle-based green coffee importer. In 2025 it opened a green coffee hub in Kansas City with warehousing, a cupping lab and roasting and training space.
Integra was founded in 2015 by coffee trader Manuel Rueda. It operates the La Bonita mill in Amagá, Antioquia, about 40 km from Medellín, with a sales office in Miami and a sourcing network across Cauca, Huila, Tolima, Risaralda and Quindío. It made its first US exports in 2016 and invested in the La Bonita mill the following year; volumes grew from around 100,000 60-kg bags in 2020 to more than 200,000 in 2022. The company holds Organic, Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade International, Fair Trade USA, 4C and Colombia's own Protected Geographical Indication certifications.
Brent Grecian, chief executive of StoneX Supply and Trading, called the deal “a natural extension of our physical coffee business” and said it is expected to add to earnings from day one. The companies said Rueda will keep Integra's existing team and sourcing model in place.
Buying origin to secure supply
The acquisition fits a pattern among trading houses: as drought and disease squeeze yields in producing countries, buyers with deep pockets increasingly prefer owning a mill and a sourcing network outright over relying on independent exporters. StoneX's rivals have made similar moves across Colombia's food and drink economy in recent years, from coffee to craft spirits.
For now, the La Bonita mill keeps its own name and crew, a detail that often changes once a larger international buyer takes full control of a family-run origin business. What does not change, StoneX says, is who the beans are grown by: Integra's existing grower network in five departments stays as it is.
