Locations

Unifrutti’s operating divisions are strategically located worldwide and each of them has a distinctive structure, pursuing specific objectives in different countries and markets:

Local production
Worldwide trading
Logistics
Head Office


in Chile, the Group owns 8 factories (+6,000 hectares) and mainly produces apples, grapes, pears and cherries; the Chilean division also manages the Univiveros nursery (+150 hectares), one of the largest in Latin America, as well as investments in grape plantations located in Ecuador


in South Africa (+5,000 hectares) there are 4 factories for the production and export of citrus fruits and table grapes


in the Philippines (+1,700 hectares), the Group specialises in the production of bananas

Unifrutti Group manages over 16,000 hectares globally across America, Asia, Europe and Africa and this continues to grow as we increase our footprint.


in Italy (+300 hectares, +1,400 hectares managed) Unifrutti owns three farms (Marche, Apulia, Sicily) mainly for the production of citrus fruits, pears, peaches and table grapes.

Unifrutti continues to grow globally as we continue our goal of providing year-round fruit production and supply.

 

Our worldwide locations are equipped with facilities such as packing, processing and maintenance facilities.


In Italy, the Group owns a banana ripening centre and three logistics platforms (Verona, Macerata, Catania) for packing, packaging, washing and waxing of fruits. The fruit processing facilities allow the Group to handle up to almost 200M kg of fresh fruit every year, while the banana centre located in Ancona has a maximum ripening capacity of over 11M kg and is used for both the Group’s and third-party bananas


In the Middle East the Group supervised the commercial operations with a coordination office in Dubai and the direct presence on the markets of the Emirates and Saudi Arabia


In Japan, Unifrutti owns two facilities in the ports of Tokyo and Kobe dedicated to ripening bananas (for a total of over 115 million kg per year), temperature-controlled storage of bananas and other fruits, ancillary services and management of operational and port activities


In the US and the Netherlands, Unifrutti operates distribution partnerships through “Forever Fresh", JVs etc.


in China Unifrutti operates with commercial offices in Shanghai

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The Group directly handles land transport in most of its Trading divisions and manages sea transport by holding special facilities (a multifunctional facility and a fleet of 6 ships, 4 of which are owned) and framework agreements with the major container companies in the world.

The Group’s Head Office, home to the central operations, is based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The Head Office is in charge of defining the Unifrutti strategy and promotes coordination between the various locations.