Redestos Efthymiadis Agrotechnology Group

In the first decades of its operation, the company is constantly progressing based on the relationships of trust that it builds on a yearly basis with its suppliers abroad and its customers in Greece.
Greek agriculture is evolving and the needs of farmers are increasing as there is also a great development of the agricultural industry. The company remains at the forefront of these developments, constantly proposing new - more efficient - ways of cultivation and new generation agricultural supplies.

In 1970, this vision of a strategy shift is realized, with the construction of the first privately owned production facilities in Kordelio, Thessaloniki. Designed by an British technician, with European standards that are applied for the first time in Greece, the operation of this unit inaugurates a new period of development and extroversion, enriches the business vision and lays the foundations for the expansion of the family business into a dynamic group of companies.

The Efthymiadis Group responds to the needs of farmers for reliable rhizomes and seedlings in order to improve their international competitiveness, via its new cooperation with Vitro Hellas, which with its specialized tissue culture laboratory, as well as its modern greenhouses and nurseries, produces healthy and certified plant propagating material.

Throughout the 1990s, the Group is constantly growing, establishing subsidiaries in the Balkans and testing its strength in new agricultural technologies.
Shortly before the new millennium, the Group takes another pioneering step in a new field, that of laboratory analysis. With unprecedented investments in laboratory equipment in Southeastern Europe, Agrolab is founded, whose laboratory analytical services certify the quality of Greek agricultural products and contribute to the protection of the environment. Agrolab's internationally recognized certificates are now a "Quality Seal" for farmers, entrepreneurs and organizations in Greece and abroad.

In 2000, an important strategic alliance is established with the Japanese multinational Mitsui & Co.
Recognizing the need of the modern consumer for reliable and safe food, the Group invests in the dynamics of Contract Agriculture and in 2001; Hellenic Farming was founded, with the aim of being both an advisor to the farmer but also the investor aiming at agricultural products of high added-value.
In 2006 it participates in a hydroponic greenhouse of 100 acres, a model for the application of modern production systems, where the first Greek branded tomato "Lucia's Farm" is produced with the hydroponic system.

In 2016, a strategic agreement is signed with Certis Europe - a member of the Mitsui Group - to establish a joint venture under the name KNE Certis, to further expand into new activities and joint ventures throughout Southeast Europe and to develop innovative services throughout the spectrum of agricultural production, using high technology and specialized services.
The following year, the expansion is strengthened by the cooperation with the Australian multinational Nufarm in countries of the same geographical area, a move that opened wide new development perspectives.