Agriculture
MONDI SERBIA
Mondi Foods has more than 40 years' experience in the fruit business and today it is one of the major European processors of red fruit products. Within its strategy of backwards integration, in 2002 Mondi launched a Greenfield investment in central Serbia - the freezing and sorting of red fruit for the European market, mainly raspberries, blackberries and Oblacinska cherries. It was the first foreign investment in the Serbian fruit processing industry. This investment enhanced Mondi's position as a supplier of organically cultivated fruit to European markets.
Today, Mondi Serbia's turnover amounts to approximately €4.5 million. In Serbia, it has a storage capacity of 4,000 tons, and employs around 150 people year round, which increases to around 350 people during the fruit harvesting season, from July to August.
Mondi Serbia has a new Frigoscandia flow freeze tunnel that is already processing IQF fruits in combination with a new laser sorting line. A new cold store was opened in June 2003 and expanded frozen fruit storage capacities by more than 2,500 pallets. Thanks to these investments the company is able to serve its customers with top quality fruit products from Serbia.
Mondi Serbia produces according to the HACCP quality system. Moreover, in 2004 this company became the first Serbian fruit cold store to attain a high level BRC certification (British Retail Consortium).
Although the investment took place at a time when Serbia was in a transitional period, the decision to invest was the right one at the right time following this group's strategy.
Mr. Goran Krunic, Director
Company Name | MONDI SERBIA |
Year of Establishment | 2002 |
Home Country | Belgium |
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Plant Location | Kraljevo (Central Serbia) |
Business Line | Production frozen fruit |
