Industry: Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishing Region: Spain Transaction Price: USD 1 million Transaction Method: Equity Financing
Description of Requirement:
A Spanish company with 35 years of experience in the agricultural and international markets manufacturing and commercializing fertilizers, bio-fertilizers and plant nutrition enhancers requires the production of products based on microorganisms based on the health and nutritional levels of plants.
details:
This is a Spanish group of companies with 35 years of experience in the agricultural sector and operating in several international markets. It specializes in the research and development of formulations for the manufacture and commercialization of agro-nutritional products.
The company's product range includes fertilizers, conditioners, defect correctors, and result solutions. The company offers farmers a wide range of solutions suitable for types of crops: intensive (horticulture, citrus, fruit, etc.) and extensive (grains, cash crops, etc.) and green space.
The company has a dense and well-established business network in the Spanish market. Having concluded agreements with distribution partners in 12 countries, the company also has a presence in the international market.
The company is committed to its sustainability goals and therefore has an extensive catalog of chemical-free products that are environmentally friendly and suitable for both conventional and organic farming.
In order to further develop the eco-friendly agriculture sector in the Spanish market, the company wants to distribute new and new products. Therefore, the Spanish justice is looking for a European company or organization capable of producing microbial-based biofertilizers/biotin. To this end, potential partners should have a microbial inventory of fully developed and retarded registrations.
First, the Spanish company wants to enter into manufacturing agreements with partners capable of producing and supplying agricultural nutrients (biofertilizers) based on microorganisms that meet or prepare to meet EU regulations and standards for organic farming.
Alternatively, Spanish companies are willing to negotiate distribution agreements with companies producing microbial-based phytobiotins or biofertilizers to include potential partners’ products in the catalogue of Spanish companies under the co-branding program, with the aim of obtaining brands from Spanish companies in the domestic market.
The Spanish company is capable of providing the support required for a successful introduction to the market: transport and logistics, end-user training, after-sales support, etc.
If the cooperation agreement is successful, the strategic Spanish company envisages expanding cooperation with potential partners to other plant care agricultural products, such as biopesticides.
Requirements for the product sought:
The Spanish company is looking for products based on microorganisms or their extracts, which can be used for:
- Biological nitrogen fixation
- Phosphorus or Potassium dissolved
- iron dissolution
- Plant Growth Promotion (PGPR)
- Fights other microorganisms
- Resist stress factors
-Increase the absorption of water and nutrients
Seeking Organization Requirements:
The Spanish company is looking to be able to:
Demonstrated industry reputation: Potential partners should be experienced organizations applying microbial biotechnology to the development and production of biofertilizers or other plant nutrient enhancers.
Demonstrate the efficiency of the product developed and the microorganisms and biotechnology used: The partner shall provide information/reports that can demonstrate the performance of the product or the microorganisms used in plant nutrition: scientific publications, laboratory tests and analyses, etc.
Verify that their products are not harmful to the environment: Partners should provide evidence that the product has a beneficial or neutral impact on the environment.
Indicates that it possesses catalogued and registered microorganisms.