UNIGEN SEEDS SPAIN, heir to the former Akira Seeds (founded in 2007), is a company dedicated to the research, development, and marketing of varieties of hybrid vegetable seeds, tested and adapted to different production areas.
It is part of the U.S. company United Genetics Seeds Co., based in California, and has subsidiaries in Italy, Turkey, India, Chile, and Mexico, in addition to Spain.
• General Characteristics
- ACTIVITY: hybrid vegetable seeds.
- LOCATION: Avenida de la Innovación 15, Edificio Pitágoras – Office 57 (04131) Almería.
- DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 2007.
- CATEGORY: small company.
- CONTACT: (+34) 936 304 853
• Business Structure
- NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 14.
- REVENUE: <2,500,000 €
- GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Production and marketing of hybrid vegetable seeds under the Akira Seeds and Unigen Seeds brands.
- BUSINESS LINES:
- Plant selection and variety development.
- Seed production.
- Commitment to R&D.
- INFRASTRUCTURE: The company has a wide portfolio of hybrid seeds covering the main vegetable species, specializing in grafting, tomato, mini and spicy pepper, and fourth range.
- INTERESTING DATA: Unigen Seeds Spain is part of the Japanese group Kagome, a world leader in the production and marketing of tomatoes with 7,500 seed varieties for fresh and processed products. In its diversification strategy, the group also encompasses the international division of seeds and seedlings with research and marketing in more than 80 countries.
• Activities/Interests R&D
TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER/DEMAND:
- Kagome’s philosophy and, therefore, UG Spain, is to develop all kinds of innovative products that utilize the value of vegetables to achieve sustainable growth and help the population lead longer, healthier lives, promote agricultural development and regional revitalization, and address the global food shortage.
• Participation in projects
PROJECTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT
- Creation, development, and adaptation of competitive genetic improvement programs for peppers under different conditions. Own resources.
- Development of doubled haploids for obtaining parental lines in sweet and hot peppers. In collaboration with the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV).
- Development of parental lines in peppers with resistance to Leveillula taurica for the production of commercial hybrids that present such resistance. Own resources.