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Agroiris has managed to consolidate a project that has been growing continuously ever since the company was founded in 1994. Today it is at the forefront of the Spanish agricultural sector as one of the leading enterprises in the province.

After 10 years working non-stop the turnover here at SAT Agroiris leaves little room for doubt.

Following a decade of work, Agroiris has accomplished the objective of marketing the fruit and vegetables produced by its member/growers in more than twenty five countries; the main destinations being Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, and England in that order. Produce has also been marketed in such remarkable places as Ireland, Croatia, Greece and Luxembourg.

With 40 million kilos handled, packaged and sold annually peppers clearly take pride of place as product leader.

Second place is held by melons, the entire range accounts for 16 million kilos per annum.

Cucumber exports totaling 15 million kilos come in a close third.

Watermelons, the fourth product in order of importance, make up a volume of 14 million kilos.

Among the other fruits and vegetables annually representing this company in over 25 countries are, in order of importance: Courgettes, five million kilos, tomatoes, 4.5 million kilos and aubergines, four million kilos. Other less widely grown produce in the province such as green beans, Chinese cabbage, traditional and “mange tout” peas still account for another five million kilos per annum.

Another important fact is that over 13 million euros of produce per year is purchased from Agroiris on the international market by one sole customer.

To be more specific, in the last agricultural year Agroiris achieved a record turnover of 92 million euros by marketing 103 million kilos of fruit and vegetables in 25 countries around the world.

Year	Kilos Marketed	Turnover in €
1994-1995	44.062.443	28.163.404
1995-1996	41.216.053	63.317.483
1996-1997	49.794.468	80.912.645
1997-1998	92.177.123	63.074.731
1998-1999	96.047.711	62.599.980
1999-2000	84.282.364	66.434.508
2000-2001	96.600.570	72.651.551
2001-2002	100.042.335	80.427.105
2002-2003	101.999.876	73.959.719
2003-2004	103.000.000	92.000.000
2004-2005	98.287.972	80.591.111
2005-2006	110.875.206	70.753.594
2006-2007	133.699.970	97.083.735

As the graphs show the development of Agroiris has followed a constant upward trend since its foundation in 1994 right up to the present day. From a turnover of 28 million euros with 44 million kilos of produce it has increased to the 92 million euros of last year from 103 million kilos.

For the last three years another company objective has been to achieve produce quality certification. To date the products have received “Eurepgap” and “AENOR” certification.

Future Projects

Company management has decided on an ordered growth target in line with growers’ requirements. The latest investment, of around two million euros, is another step along the way towards reducing handling costs of the star product of the enterprise: Peppers.

Agroiris is also determined to dedicate the time and effort needed towards achieving offer base concentration to be able to rise to the occasion, no matter what or however large it may be, whenever our customers may require it. This is the objective that Agroiris has set itself and will continue to be so until, and when, optimum levels of satisfaction for both customers and growers alike have been accomplished.

The Company’s constant evolution has reinforced the belief that the theories applied over the last ten years, giving rise to the current business situation, have been thoroughly tried, tested and passed.