Consulado General de la República en Hamburgo

ARGENTINA INVESTMENT AND TRADE

PROMOTION AGENCY BOOTH (Hall 2 / 2 -411)

AGRO RUGGERI, ARGENTBIO, ECO HOLDING,

FENIX, GREGORIO NUMO Y NOEL WERTHEIN , HORTIFRUT EXPOFRESH, L.I.R.A. / FREZZI, LETIS, NEOFARMS, NUTRIN, OIA (ORGANIZACI N

INTERNACIONAL AGROPECUARIA), ORGANIC LATIN AMERICA, ORGANIC SUPPLIERS, PACHAMAMA

PRODUCTS, PROSAL / INGENIO SAN ISIDRO, PRUGNA, RIVARA, SPECIAL GRAINS.

COMPANIES WITH INDIVIDUAL BOOTH

ARGENCERT BUNKER SPECIALTIES (LARTIRIGOYEN Y CIA).

AGENCIA ARGENTINA DE INVERSIONES Y COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL

Products: Exports pomotion agency.

Street / (PC) City Paraguay 864 / (1057) Buenos Aires Phone / Fax 0054 11 51992268 / 0054 11 41147711 Web page www.investandtrade.org.ar Contact Mr. Mercedes Maceira / [email protected]

economic development of Argentina by: 1)Attracting and facilitating high-quality investment in strategic sectors. 2) Helping Argentine companies expand their businesses in international markets. 3) Promoting an improved business climate and regulatory environment. 4) Generating detailed market information and insights that add value to investors and Argentine companies.

COMPANIES AT ARGENTINA INVESTMENT AND TRADE PROMOTION AGENCY BOOTH / Location on fairground: Hall 2 / 2-411

AGRO RUGGERI

Products: Walnuts with shell and shelled, fresh garlic, garlic paste, dehydrated garlic.

Street / (PC) City / Province Rioja 979, Piso 1 Of. 1 / (5500) Mendoza / Mendoza Phone / Fax 0054 261 4821883 / 0054 261 4820028 E-mail / Web page [email protected] / www.agroruggeri.com.ar Contact Mr. Mariano Ruggeri

AGRO RUGGERI is a company devoted to the production of , fresh, natural and organic vegetable growing and guarantees the quality of its products through international certification. The company harvest period starts in its field located to the north of Argentina and extends to its 7 farms located in the provinces of Mendoza and San Juan. AGRO RUGGERI produces 500 has of vegetables for the argentine, U.S.A. and European community consumption and processes 35.000 tons annually in its top-of- the range industrial plant.

ARGENTBIO

Products: Cane Sugar, cane sirup, chia, onion, rice, pulses, garlic, squash, shallots.

Street / (PC) City Arias 1691, Floor 4, Suite C / (1429) Buenos Aires Phone / Fax 0054 11 47040880 / 0054 11 47040880 Web page www.argentbio.com.ar Contact Mr. David Kiesewetter / [email protected]

ARGENTBIO was founded in 1996 by a group of young entrepreneurs that believed in the natural potential of Argentina to offer organic products worldwide and decided to change their lives and dedicate themselves to the passion of producting and to commercializing natural, healthy and sutainable foods. The company grew and developed jointly with the Argentine organic market, to become a leader producer, packer and exporter.

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ECO HOLDING Products: Pear puree (single and concentrated), apple puree (single and concentrated), peach puree (single and concentrated), apricot puree (single and concentrated) butternut squash puree (single and concentrated).

Street / (PC) City / Province Agustín Alvarez 589 / (5500) Mendoza / Mendoza Phone / Fax 0054 261 4326558 / 0054 261 4326558 E-mail / Web page [email protected] / www.ecoholding.com.ar Contact Mr. Sebastián Sala / [email protected]

Eco Holding is an Argentine company that produces and exports healthy organic dried fruits and purees.

FENIX

Products: Fruit puree (apricot, peach, plum, pear, apple, quince, squash)

Street / (PC) City / Province Ruta Nacional 188 Km 792 / (5620) General Alvear / Mendoza Phone 0054 262 9424786 E-mail / Web page [email protected] / www.fenixarg.com.ar Contact Mr. Mario Zeligueta / [email protected]

The company produces fruit puree 100% natural with no preservatives or added sugar, elaborated with raw material from Mendoza and Rio Negro.

GREGORIO NUMO Y NOEL WERTHEIN

Products: Dehydrated fruits (apples, pears, strawberries, blueberries, plums, apricots, peaches).

Street / (PC) City Av. Congreso 16685 - 1er piso / (1428) Buenos Aires Phone / Fax 0054 11 47068300 / 0054 11 47068310 E-mail / Web page [email protected] / www.wertheinagro.com Contact Mr. Luis Jensen / [email protected]

GREGORIO NUMO Y NOEL WERTHEIN operates through five business units: Livestock, traditional , specialties and commodities, fruits, infusions, and was founded in 1959.

HORTIFRUT EXPOFRESH

Products: Fresh and IQF frozen blueberries, organic D Agen prunes.

Street / (PC) City / Province Av. Sucre 2477 1st Floor of F / (B1643FRF) Beccar / Buenos Aires Phone / Fax 0054 11 47230418 / 0054 11 47437267 E-mail / Web page [email protected] / www.hortifrutexpofresh.com.ar Contact 1 Mr. Luis D`Andrea (President) / [email protected] Contact 2 Ms. Cecilia Dominguez / [email protected]

HORTIFRUT EXPOFRESH is the result of the union of two prestigious companies and the business decision to lead the production and marketing of fresh blueberry in Argentina. That is why Tierra de Arándanos S.R.L. And Hortifrut Chile have shared their strengths, based on their experience as producers and marketers, achieving to meet the highest demands of the market. The continuous improvement and the capacity of its professionals to innovate, contribute fluidity to complex processes that involve the production, the logistics and the commercialization.

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L.I.R.A. / FREZZI

Products: Organic seedless raisins.

Street / (PC) City / Province La Plata 554 / (5004) Córdoba / Córdoba Phone 0054 351 4210055 E-mail / Web page [email protected] / www.familiafrezzi.com Contact Mr. Héctor Oscar Frezzi / [email protected]

In 2003, the company opened its industrial plant with a modern processing line that allows to process raisins for FREZZI SA and other nearby producers. The company counts on the following organic Certifications: ARGENCERT for EEC, NOP for USA, KOSHER, and ISO22000:2005. FREZZI attends various international fairs and business rounds such as Biofach, Fancy Food (New York), Natural Products Expo East, All Things Organics, etc. The company is considering itself as the main organic raisins exporter of Argentina. 80% of its production is exported to Germany, England, the Netherlands, Malaysia, and Brazil.

LETIS

Products: Certification service company.

Street / (PC) City / Province Urquiza 1285 / (2000) Rosario / Santa Fe Phone / Fax 0054 341 5282560 / 0054 341 4264244 E-mail / Web page [email protected] / www.letis.org Contact Ms. Gretel Clausen / [email protected]

LETIS is a company dedicated to the certification and auditing of international standards in quality and sustainability. Its certification system, extensive network of producers, processors and traders and its presence in international trade shows and seminars, make LETIS a link to the world. With a specialized team in every industry and field, LETIS works for local and global customers, with a vocation for innovation and personalized customer service.

NEOFARMS Products: Long grain white and brown rice, golden and brown flaxseeds, high oleic sunflower oil, white sorghum, red sorghum, , popcorn and corn.

Street / (PC) City / Province La Rioja 647 / (3200) Concordia / Entre Ríos Phone / Fax 0054 345 4221674 / 0054 345 4221674 E-mail / Web page [email protected] / www.neofarms.com.ar Contact Mr. Matías Lavigne / [email protected]

NEOFARMS organic experience started by growing rice in never-farmed areas with reservoirs irrigation. Through the years, they have achieve the complete control of each production step, from seeding to shipment, guaranteeing a safety and healthy product and free from contamination and impurities. The company is certified by: EU 290XXXX, IFOAM, USDA National Organic Program, JAS Organic Compliance and IBD Organic Brazilian Law.

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NUTRIN Products: Raw peanut, blanched peanut, peanut paste, roasted peanut, granulated peanut, peanut flour, peanut crude oil, roasted peanut oil, organic products.

Street / (PC) City / Province Entre Rios 120 / (5925) Ticino / Córdoba Phone / Fax 0054 353 4886520 / 0054 353 4886800 Web page www.nutrin.com.ar Contact Mr. Leandro Grasso / [email protected]

NUTIN S.A. develops technology to extract peanut flour and oil, allowing to offer a range of ingredients of very important and diverse applications.

OIA (ORGANIZACI N INTERNACIONAL AGROPECUARIA) Products: International certification service. Organic EU, IFOAM , USDA NOP, Bio Suisse , Organic Canada,

GLOBALG.A.P., HACCP, Traceability.

Street / (PC) City / Province Av. Santa Fe 830 / (1641) Acassuso / Buenos Aires Phone / Fax 0054 11 47934340 / 0054 11 47934340 E-mail / Web page [email protected] / www.oia.com.ar Contact Mr. Pedro Landa / [email protected]

OIA is an Argentinian leader company in certification, highly recognized for its nationally and internationally professional career. Its international accreditations and endorsements allow the access of the products certified to the most demanding markets. Since 1991, OIA operates as organic certifier of vegetal, animal and processed products, accompanying the Argentinian organic market from the early stages. Following the global trend in food and consumer demand for food safety and quality, OIA has expanded its certification experience as a quality certifier to other agricultural, fish, and industrial products.

ORGANIC LATIN AMERICA Products: Long grain rice, japonic rice and arboreo rice, rice flour, quinoa, linen, chia, flax, sorghum, white mung bean, adzuki bean, RDK bean, chickpea, kidney bean, black bean, wheat, malted barley, corn, meal, soybean, sunflower and sesame seed.

Street / (PC) City / Province Céspedes 2305, 3st Floor / (1426) Buenos Aires / xxx Phone 0054 11 47888933 E-mail / Web page [email protected] / www.organiclatinamerica.com.ar Contact Mr. Christian Martinez (President) / [email protected]

OLA is the result of a strategic global alliance of companies that seeking excellence in the production of organic foods. This Joint Venture, constituted by companies from New Zealand, Denmark, Thailand and Argentina pursues the objective of satisfying the needs of importers and consumers of organic products of the leading international markets. OLA is specialized in the export of organic products and counts with a vast and diverse product line. OLA ‘s core business is the production, processing, distribution and export of a range of high quality rice varieties.

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ORGANIC SUPPLIERS

Products: Grains and cereals, oils and expellers, sugar cane, molasses and alcohol.

Street / (PC) City / Province Federico Lacroze 2252 2°B / (1426) Buenos Aires / xxx Phone / Fax 0054 11 47722002 / 0054 11 47723341 E-mail / Web page [email protected] / www.ogsuppliers.com Contact 1 Sr.Ing.Agr. Guillermo Napoli Contact 2 Mr. Hector S. Flesler

ORGANIC SUPPLIERS develop organic projects, get them certified and, from that moment, continue working as advisors, external managers and exclusive sales agents for those operations. This allows them to offer their customers a wide range of organic products as well as its extensive expertise in all aspects of organic production: from seeds and crops, to processing, certification, and marketing. Currently ORGANIC SUPPLIERS trade organic cereals and grains, organic oils and meals, organic honey, organic sugar and derivates. All these products are grown under its direct supervision at several operations.

PACHAMAMA PRODUCTS

Products: Chia, sesame, mung beans, wheat grains, quinoa, amaranth and flax.

Street / (PC) City Tucuman 1455, 16D / (1050) Buenos Aires Phone 0054 11 47757649 Web page www.pachamamaproducts.com Contact Mr. Facundo Aguilar / [email protected]

The company currently delivers its products to more than 12 countries. Its production areas are spread in Salta, Jujuy, Formosa, San Luis and Buenos Aires. PACHAMAMA produces and commercializes Non GMO and gluten free food; both conventional and organic. In its facility located in Acevedo, , the company processes its seeds according to each client’s requirements. In order to accomplish with the highest quality standard the company has initiated the process to certify for FSSC 22000 (FOOD SAFETY SYSTEM CERTIFICATION).

PROSAL / INGENIO SAN ISIDRO

Products:

Street / (PC) City / Province Sargento Cabral S/N Campo Santo / (4432) Salta / Salta Phone / Fax 0054 387 4903353 / 0054 11 43286719 E-mail / Web page [email protected] / www.ingsanisidro.com.ar Contact Ms. Rosario Padilla / [email protected]

The company's sugar complex has 11000 hectares of land, of which 3,500 hectares are used for sugar cane production, and the rest are natural forests and land suitable for the development of livestock projects. The sugar factory has an installed capacity to process between 3400 to 3700 tons of cane per day, with a daily production of 340 to 370 tons of sugar.

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PRUGNA

Products: Dried plums

Street / (PC) City / Province Presidente Alvear 432 / (5600) San Rafael / Mendoza Phone / Fax 0054 260 4419683 / 0054 260 4400000 E-mail / Web page [email protected] / www.prugnasrl.com.ar Contact Mr. Rodrigo Sánchez / [email protected]

The company has fruit areas planted with plums D'Agen variety, suitable to dehydrate. In them the tasks of cultivation and harvesting are carried out according to the stipulated norms to obtain products certified as "Organic" by official entities, which conditions that when carrying out such activities the biological cycles of both the plants and the soil are respected.

RIVARA Products: , soymeal, corn flour, corn grits, hominy feed, sunflower crude oil, canola oil, sunflower meal, canola meal, food wheat, barley.

Street / (PC) City / Province L.N. Alem y 9 de Julio 51 / (6634) Alberti / Buenos Aires Phone / Fax 0054 2346 472000 / 0054 2346 470478 E-mail / Web page [email protected] / www.rivara.com.ar Contact Mr. Diego Rivara / [email protected]

RIVARA is a family company, founded in 1936. Nowadays its crew is above 150 employees. Since the beginning, the company specialized in grains and services to local farmers. With the experience of more than 60 years in grains, the company opened in 1995 a Corn Mill where Grits, Cones, Semolinas & Polenta are produced and packed, in retails or industrial packaging. The Corn Mill is one of the few in South America to achieve GMP and HACCP quality certification. RIVARA is organic certified by EU and NOP and also Kosher certified.

SPECIAL GRAINS Products: Soybean (food grade and feed), wheat, barley, corn, pea, HO sunflower, canola, sorghum and popcorn. Processed crops: Expeller meal and oil (soybean, canola, sunflower).

Street / (PC) City / Province Ruta 8, km 110,1 / (2760) San Antonio de Areco / Buenos Aires Phone 0054 2326 455555 E-mail / Web page [email protected] / www.specialgrains.com Contact Mr. José Marinucci / [email protected]

SPECIAL GRAINS' main business is production, processing, storage and exporting of special crops such as organic and non-GMO with preserved identity, both for human and animal food.

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COMPANIES WITH INDIVIDUAL BOOTH

Location on fairground: Hall 1 / 1-559

ARGENCERT

Products: International certification services.

Street / (PC) City Bouchard 644, Piso 6 - Oficina "A" / (1072) Buenos Aires Phone / Fax 0054 11 43128006 / 0054 11 43128009 E-mail / Web page [email protected] / www.argencert.com

ARGENCERT is dedicated to certification from 1991 and guarantees the organic quality of a product from its origin to the final result, certifying both raw and processed products and the compatibility assessment of inputs. Over the years ARGENCERT has added other services such as certification of good agricultural practices, good manufacturing practices, GLOBALGAP, UTZ CERTIFIED and others.

Location on fairground: Hall 1 / 1-623

BUNKER SPECIALTIES (LARTIRIGOYEN Y CIA)

Products: Chia, sesame, sunflower, flax and quinoa.

Street / (PC) City / Province 25 de Mayo 555, Piso 1 / (1002) Buenos Aires Phone / Fax 0054 11 53687933 / 0054 11 53687933 E-mail / Web page [email protected] / www.bunkersp.com Contact Mr. Nicolas Lage / [email protected]

The parent company, LARTIRIGOYEN, for more than 30 years has developed to become one of the major grains and oilseeds producers of Argentina. LARTIRIGOYEN is composed by three main business units: Grains Trading (1,5 million MT per year), Farming (150.000 hectares) and Agricultural Inputs Trading. Besides, it runs a full-cycle pig farm, produces biodiesel (Pampa Bio), trades (Lartirigoyen & Oromí S.A.), participates in a mutual guarantee company for agribusinesses (Campo Aval), and manufactures pet food (Patagonia Pet). Glencore PLC (www.glencore.com) is its main strategic partner and owner of 50% of the company's stocks.

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Main Landmarks: 1993: third country equivalent for the certification of organic products destined to the European Union. Reg. 2092/91 and Reg. 3173/92 CEE

1998: XII IFOAM Scientific Congress in Argentina (German presence and cooperation).

1999: National Law No. 25.127 for the Organic Production was passed, Argentina was one of the first countries in the world to have a law to regulate this type of production. Cooperation starts.

2007: Regulation No. 834/2007 sets production and labelling requirements of organic/biological/ecological products entering the EU.

Why Argentina?

Reliable organic certification system (since 1993).

High volumes of production and wide variety of products offer

2nd Organic Production Surface in the world

Sanitary and organic standard agreements and equivalency settled, including USA, Canada, Brasil, Switzerland, Japan, Korea, others.

2012-2020 Estrategic Plan for Organic Argentine Industry (PEA)

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