After introducing Aloe vera plants in Aruba in 1840, several companies exported the Aloe Hard Gum (used to make laxatives) from Aruba throughout the world. One of these companies later became Aruba Aloe Balm. A company that is currently exporting to more than 55 countries around the globe, the only remaining Aloe Vera company in Aruba, one of the oldest companies dealing with Aloe Vera globally, AND one of the first to produce cosmetic products upon the Aloe vera gel. All this while still using precisely the same Aloe fields planted in 1890 by the founder Cornelis Eman.