Agrana Fruit US, Inc.

Since 1976, the AGRANA group has a presence in the United States with manufacturing facilities in the cities of Botkins (Ohio), Centerville (Tennessee), Fort Worth (Texas) and Lysander (New York) as well as corporate offices and NPD in Brecksville (Ohio). Our production plants are located in close proximity to customers in order to be able to ensure maximum freshness and quality. We love to inspire our rapidly changing world with joyful fruit solutions, bringing taste, happiness and passion to our products.

Established in 1963, AGRANA's core expertise in fruit and fruit technology has earned us a position as international market leader.

By acquiring established global leaders Atys, Steirerobst, Wink, Vallo Saft and DSF-- the Austrian AGRANA Group created a company with remarkable product and market expertise around the world.

In the Company's Fruit segment, the major operating sector is fruit preparations for the fresh chilled dairy market and AGRANA is a premier supplier to the leading international and domestic brands. AGRANA's intention is to continue to successfully extend its geographic coverage to establish a presence in new countries through export development, acquisitions, joint ventures and / or grass root investments.

In the years to come AGRANA is committed to the development and supply of products which contribute to health nutrition, directing its resources not only to the dairy market but also the bakery, ice cream, confectionary, frozen desserts, fruit beverage and food service markets.

In conclusion, with the guidance of clear ethical principles shared by all AGRANA employees, who in particular are aimed at treating with the highest respect its suppliers, its customer and the final consumer, the top priorities of AGRANA are:

• Food Safety and Quality with traceability from the field to the end product.
• Innovation, in order to conceive tailored-made products, which are at the cutting edge of international market trends and to follow the increasingly important attrition rate of our customer's products.
• Global Procurement and management of common materials, leveraging commercial benefits and the highest levels of quality control, with an emphasis on "faster than market" growth in fruit preparations and fruit juices.
• Cost Competitiveness, in order to make our customers successful in the market place, through optimizing the value of money.