The ABCO part of our name was originally established in the United Kingdom in the year 1900. This current operation was organized as a holding company in 1978 and was incorporated in Missouri in 1983 as ABCO-USA, Inc. We changed our corporate name to ABCO Global Corporation in July of 2006 to better reflect our worldwide operations. ABCO Global Corporation is a diversified international investment and development company, wholly owned by the Ford Family, which directly, or through NaBANCO, its affiliated private merchant banking operation, owns or controls various operating companies as well as other investments.