FOM has granted a loan of EUR 3.1 million to the Dutch company Koppert BV for the acquisition of the Brazilian company Itaforte.
Koppert is the international market leader in the field of biological crop protection and natural pollination. Koppert has a reputation internationally for reliability, innovation and quality. Koppert's headquarter is located in Berkel en Rodenrijs. Koppert has different motives and strategic interests to invest in the emerging market Brazil and especially in Itaforte. There are good opportunities for their current products in the large Brazil market.Itaforte is one of the leading companies in microbiological products in Brazil.
Besides registration, Itaforte has established its own market and production. With the state of the art knowledge of Koppert of producing and selling microbiological products, it will be able to improve the production and sales significantly.
In the next few years Koppert wants to invest further in other promising (emerging) markets.
