Planasa

Planasa (TIGRUTI ITG SL)
Company typeS.A.
IndustryAgriculture, Life Sciences
Founded1973; 51 years ago (1973)
Headquarters,
Key people
Michael Brinkmann (CEO)
around €220 million (2023/24)
Number of employees
Around 7,000 (2024)
Websiteplanasa.com

Planasa is a Spanish agricultural company headquartered in Valtierra (Navarra, Spain). It is a corporate group that operates within the agricultural and food sector in more than 27 countries worldwide.

Planasa specialises in breeding and developing the next generation berry varieties, including blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and strawberries. Additionally, Planasa has breeding programs for garlic, asparagus, avocado and cherry trees, and is the global market leader in the production of fresh endives in the European Union and one of the biggest nurseries in the world.[1][2]

Planasa is part of the German EW Group, better known as Erich Wesjohann Group and its CEO since 2020 is Michael Brinkmann.

  1. ^ "Spanien: Planasa mit Übernahme von CVS führender Erzeuger von Chicoree weltweit" [Spain: Planasa becomes leading producer of chicory worldwide with the takeover of CVS] (in German). November 7, 2014. Archived from the original on September 26, 2016. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  2. ^ "Planasa prevé duplicar su producción de plantas con un nuevo vivero en México". Retrieved 2024-11-25.