The F.H. Engel group of companies was established in 1979 by F. Herbert Engel. Mr.Engel is Chairman of the Board of the different firms which integrate this conglomerate. His beginnings were in 1945 at Gibbs & Co., a British firm. F.H. Engel S.A. in its present form as an Importer/ Representative/ Distributor, started in 1979. The base of F.H.Engel S.A. comes from representing the majority of the

Strategic Business Units of E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc.- Wilmington, DE., in the Chilean market for more than 44 years. In July 1996 this company established itself in Chile due to strategic reason, mainly the growth of the gold minig sector. At present many of these S.B.U. continue working with F.H.Engel S.A. who handles the sales out of stock whilst DuPont Chile S.A. sells on an indent basis.