The participating companies took 12,000 regular shares of 1,000 guilders as follows:[3] Notably people in the combination were:[3] In 1920 CSM was listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

The sugar activities would gradually gain an increasingly smaller share of total company revenue.

In mid-2006, CSM announced that it would sell its sugar operations to Royal Cosun, the parent company of Suiker Unie.

In February 2010, CSM announced the acquisition of Best Brands, one of the largest producers of bakery products in the United States.

CSM decided to sell its bakery activities and to focus on growth in the bio-ingredient divisions Purac and Caravan Ingredients.

[6] In March 2013, the sale of the bakery activities in Europe and North America to investment company Rhône Capital was announced, for more than €1 billion.

The lactic acid division built a lactide factory in Thailand that became operational at the end of 2011, costing €45 million.

[8] In 2017 Corbion acquired TerraVia (formerly Solazyme), a bioengineering chemical company with a broad and diverse platform centered on biodiesel, ingredients, and branded products derived from microalgae.

It produces ingredients such as Omega-3 for animal nutrition and tailored oils, structured fats and proteins for food and biochemical applications.

[9] On 25 March 2019 Corbion acquired Granotec do Brazil to drive further expansion in food ingredients in Latin America.