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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-04-23
CONTENTS
[01] Commissioner Katainen visits NSRF-funded Apivita cosmetics company
in Markopoulo
[01] Commissioner Katainen visits NSRF-funded Apivita cosmetics company
in Markopoulo
ANA-MPA - European Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen, responsible
for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness visited the plant of
the Greek company of natural cosmetics Apivita in Markopoulo, northeast
of Athens, as one of the companies that have received NSRF funding.
Katainen was accompanied by Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism
Minister George Stathakis, with whom he had met earlier, and said that
if Greece had many such companies, it would not be facing a crisis now.
NSRF funds were part of the company's investment of 14.5 million euros
to build new offices, a plant and cultivations in the Industrial Park of
Markopoulo, southeast of Athens. The premises incorporate bioclimatic
principles, contain a field planted with thousands of plants, produce
super purified water and have a beehives open to visitors. The main
building has four levels (including two subterranean levels) and includes
educational facilities along with an amphitheatre.
The company was started by pharmacists Niki and Nikos Koutsianas and has
invested in a multi-purpose Spa Health and Beauty in Kolonaki district,
Athens. It also operates five programmes on product and cultivation
development.
The company is active in the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, Britain,
Spain and Russia, among others and plans to open branches in seven
more countries globally. It recently decided to sell only to large
pharmacies. Apivita employs 400 people globally, with 217 of these
working in Greece.
[In photo, Katainen is on L and Stathakis on R]
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