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58 COMP ANIES

LABIDINO S.A
THE “KING” OF LEAFY SALADS!

The Greek sector of leafy salads is represented remarkably in international markets by
Labidino S.A. - a company based in the region of Achaia in Peloponnese for more than 15
years - which keeps developing constantly with new products, export destinations and
expansion of its cultivations.

Labidino S.A. produces 10 different varieties of cabbage and let- the company was converted to a Societe Anonyme, which is ac-
tuce in Greenhouses outdoor cultivations with the most modern commodated at a new privately owned site with modern mechan-
methods. It is also associated with pioneering international seed ical equipment, implementing all the modern health and industrial
production and cultivation monitoring companies. The company practice, according to German Standard IFS and the new certifica-
has a sweet corn capacity production in excess of approximately tion standard QS qualitat.
150 hectares with an associated team of producers.
Products
Background The successful Greek company produces and trades various
Haralambos & Constantinos Lagos Brothers have been em- leafy salads, of which the main species are Butterhead, Lollo Ros-
ployed in their father's agricultural business since age eighteen. sa, Lollo Bionda, Oak Leaf Green, Oak leaf red, Rucola, Chinese
This agricultural business concentrated on the cultivation of po- Cabbage, Endivien, Frisee, Zuckerhut and Salanova. “Apart from
tatoes and watermelons. In 1994 they established the first green- these products, though, we have moved to expansion of season of
house complex over 2.5 hectares to cultivate premature vegeta- frisee and endives during winter”, says Mr. Lagos.
bles and lettuce. In 1998 for the first time they supplied sweet corn Moreover Labidino S.A. moved to the construction of modern
to the German market. The Lagos Brothers established the LA- poly-tunnel greenhouses of about 8 hectares in 2011, using pio-
BIDINO LTD Company in 2000 for the standardizing, packaging and neer cultivation methods for the production of strawberry, which
trading of their produce, which broadened the range of their prod- is now the most important exportable product of the regions of
ucts and their sales network both in Greece and abroad. In 2009 Western Achaia and Northern Ilia. The company’s strawberries

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