(EPD®) for "GranFruttato" - Monini

The MoniniMonini EPD02 ® , December 2012Groupp. 4THE MONINI GROUPNORTH AMERICA,POLAND AND AUSTRALIAA company that symbolizesthe Italian Olive Oil TraditionThis propensity to diffuse the culture ofExtra Virgin Olive Oil and to safeguard theart of Italian olive oil production as a symbolof Made in Italy quality, has rendered thisUmbrian company a reference point for theentire industry, even beyond the confines ofItaly itself.Monini North America Inc., with headquartersin Norwalk Connecticut, was founded in theyear 2000, and currently boasts an annualturnover of nearly 6 million U.S. dollars.The brand's presence throughout Europeis guaranteed by its subsidiary, MoniniPolska, which was founded in 2008, withheadquarters in Poznan, Poland.In 2001, Monini also began heavily investingin modern olive-cultivation in the Australianstate of New South Wales, purchasing nearly700 hectares of land in a joint venture projectwith an Italian family that has been living inAustralia for over 50 years. A cutting-edgeproject with a unique plantation, not only interms of the type of crop cultivated, but alsoin terms of the methods used to cultivate andharvest the olives themselves. The plantationis home to over 106,000 trees of theFrantoio, Leccino, Pendolino and Coratinavarieties, which were planted in 2004 andhave literally flourished under the Australiansun.