"The shareholders' meeting of our agricultural company, which specialises in organic vegetables and is based in the south-east of Sicily, will be held over the next few days. The focus will be on the data of the 2023/24 campaign, which saw an important affirmation of Natura Iblea on the European market, especially when it comes to organic carrots and courgettes," reported Roberto Giadone, president of the company based in Ispica (RG).
Roberto Giadone
"The company's turnover has seen a +40% leap, with foreign sales accounting for more than 80% of the goods," the expert continues. "The 31% increase in the volumes of carrots, which stand at more than 6,000,000 kg, and courgettes, with more than 2,000,000 kg, is a sign of great productive and commercial liveliness. What is really important is that these quantities refer to products that are already packaged and finished (bags and trays for carrots and bundles for courgettes) and not to products in bulk or still to be reprocessed."
Organic carrots
In this sense, ten years ago Natura Iblea made the choice to become a direct production and packaging platform for the most important European large-scale retail chains, without passing through intermediaries or other platforms.
Organic courgettes
"The meeting will be an opportunity to emphasise that we have had excellent product quality in the 2023/24 campaign. Sorting has been careful and scrupulous, which has allowed Natura Iblea to strengthen relations with the big retail chains with which we already collaborate and to increase volumes for the current year. Investments in the processing lines amounted to over 220,000 euro, which allowed us to work better and with more precision. The claims we had in this campaign were under 3% of the turnover."
The company facility
"The forecast budget for the next campaign sees an increase in the quantities processed and an additional investment in technological infrastructure worth half a million euro. The attention and respect for company welfare will also lead Natura Iblea to a new agreement with the workers, with production bonuses to help employees and their families maintain a good standard of living, despite the increase in household expenses due to the cost of living."
For more information:
Roberto Giadone
Natura Iblea
C.da Marabino
97015 Ispica - Italy
+39 0932 955696
+39 327 0162406
[email protected]
www.naturaiblea.it
https://www.panierebio.com/