Marketing of fruits and vegetables from the Mediterranean.

• General Characteristics

  • ACTIVITY: production and export of fruits and vegetables.
  • LOCATION: Calle Monteforte 1, Local 1 (46010) Valencia.
  • DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 25/06/1977. 
  • CATEGORY: large company.
  • CONTACT: (+34) 963 938 500.

• Business Structure

  • NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 391.
  • REVENUE: 635,961,024 €.
  • GENERAL DESCRIPTION: marketing of fruits and vegetables.
  • BUSINESS LINES:
    • Profitability, social and sustainable development, and synergy between farmers and partners.
    • Personal and professional development of employees.
    • Establishment of business relations.
    • Offering healthy products to the end consumer. 
  • INFRASTRUCTURE:
    • Products: citrus fruits, fruits, and vegetables.
    • Impact: 835,927 tons sold in the 2016-2017 campaign. Exported to 73 countries.
  • INTERESTING DATA: 
    • First fruit and vegetable company in the Mediterranean.
    • Spanish leader in the marketing of fruits and vegetables.
    • First exporter and second marketer of citrus fruits in the world.
    • First operator of persimmons and watermelons at the European level.
    • 69 cooperatives and partner companies. The cooperatives have the naturane/GlobalGAP certificates and most hold the BRC and/or IFS certificates.

• R&D Activities/Interests

TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER/DEMAND:

  • Food safety and environmental respect throughout all parts of the process: from the field, the cultivation, the harvest, storage, and transportation, to the point of sale.
  • Company management processes, contributing to the optimization of resources and the reduction of costs.
  • Research based on non-GMO products.
  • Productive improvements and development of new products.

• Participation in projects

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT/COMPLETED

  • SCAVENPACK Project: active packaging to enhance the preservation of tomatoes. FEDER INNTERCONECTA 2015 / CDTI-MINECO.
  • BIOPRO Project: waste valorization. CIEN 2017 / CSTI.
  • PRO-ENRICH Project: Waste valorization. JTI-BBI 2018 / H2020.
  • SUSFOFLEX Project: extending the shelf life of IV range products. FP7 2011.
  • REASONED Project: pest monitoring in citrus. EUROSTARS 2011.
  • GO_INNOLAND. Operational Groups. Phase I / FEADER-MAPAMA.
  • Adaptation of the Stone Fruit Sector to Climate Change. Operational Groups. Phase I / FEADER-MAPAMA.
  • GO AgriREFIN. Operational Groups. Phase I / FEADER-MAPAMA.
  • CARISMED. Operational Groups. Phase I / FEADER-MAPAMA.
  • BIOPREPARE. Operational Groups. Phase I / FEADER-MAPAMA.