1918
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Iron works
Antonio Ferré Bacallao establishes Puerto Rico Iron Works in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
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Antonio Ferré Bacallao establishes Puerto Rico Iron Works in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Ponce Cement is founded by Antonio Ferré Bacallao and sons, under the Empresas Ferré entity.
Luis A. Ferré, son of Antonio Ferré Bacallao, buys El Día, a regional newspaper based in Ponce.
Puerto Rican Cement, formerly Ponce Cement, becomes the first Puerto Rican company to be listed in the New York Stock Exchange.
After 30 years of mission work throughout Puerto Rico and the United States, Sister Isolina Ferré retires to the La Playa sector in the Municipality of Ponce. A week later she establishes the center that would later be called Centros Sor Isolina Ferré.
Antonio Luis Ferré, purchases El Día newspaper from his father Luis and moves its operations from Ponce to San Juan, where the regional publication is relaunched nationally as El Nuevo Día.
"AL SERVICIO DE MI TIERRA".
"AT THE SERVICE OF MY LAND".
El Día Directo begins connecting customers and businesses through a call center, direct marketing and a fulfillment facility.
City View Plaza, a Class A office park, opens up for business, becoming Grupo Ferré Rangel's first real estate investment in Puerto Rico.
Grupo Ferré Rangel creates GFR Media, the largest media holding in Puerto Rico and home to top content brands such as El Nuevo Día, Primera Hora and Indice.
El Día Directo is relaunched as Linkactiv to offer contact center services to external clients and thus capitalize on 21 years of handling customer service operations for our newspapers.
The communications school at Sacred Heart University is renamed Escuela de Comunicación Ferré Rangel as part of an endowment commitment to the school.
The customer engagement operations of El Día Directo become LinkActiv.
2017
Rebranded Kingbird Properties as Kingbird Investment Management to reflect the expanded investment scope.
Opened a third contact center facility at the former Roosevelt Roads naval base in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, increasing by 600 communicators the current 1,400+ workforce.
