The Andersons is a diversified company with interests in the grain, ethanol and plant nutrient sectors of United States agriculture, as well as in railcar marketing, industrial products formulation, turf products production, and general merchandise retailing. The company s grain division operates grain elevators in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois. Its ethanol division provides facility management, corn origination, and ethanol and distiller dried grain marketing. The firm s rail group segment repairs, sells, manages, and leases a fleet of various types of railcars and locomotives, offers fleet management services to private railcar owners, and operates a custom steel fabrication business. The turf and specialty division produces granular lawn fertilizer products for retailers, and professional lawn care and golf course markets. Founded in Maumee, Ohio, in 1947, the Andersons has operations in various U.S. states, and rail equipment leasing interests in Canada and Mexico.