PRESS RELEASE/GROUP - 05/06/2017
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, June 5th, 2017 – Sucafina announced today a joint venture with Cia Agropecuária Monte Alegre, the soul of the best Brazilian coffees – sustainably produced across 2,300 hectares out of a total estate area of around 18,124 hectares.
“The partnership with Monte Alegre is the result of a successful, personal relationship for over a decade. We are both family companies, sharing the same values, with a long-term focus.” said David Behrends, Managing Partner & Head of Trading at Sucafina SA. “It is also a key step forward toward achieving Sucafina’s vision of having a fully traceable Arabica coffee supply chain and to be the leading sustainable 'farm to roaster' coffee company in the world. Sucafina is already working with many of the leading farmers in the world and through this new agreement we will be able to directly offer our clients some of the highest quality coffee in Brazil. “
Sucafina and Monte Alegre will work together to bring the best of their organizations to clients, by combining their strengths to overcome the many farming challenges to ensure the success of Monte Alegre for generations to come. Monte Alegre’s expertise in coffee production – well-known for its specialty and certified coffees sold to the most demanding customers around the world, complements Sucafina’s strengths in coffee trading allowing the company to be even closer to the coffee production in Brazil.
José Francisco Pereira, General Director of Monte Alegre farm said “This union agreement is based on a mutual trusting relationship and will make both companies more powerful on the local and international markets - combining Sucafina’s global footprint with Monte Alegre's tradition in the Specialty Coffee Production. Together, we will be able to increase our market share and to offer different trading tools to our customers.”
2017 is a special year for Sucafina and Monte Alegre, as both companies are celebrating respectively their 40th and 100th anniversaries – bringing together 140 years of expertise in the coffee industry.
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About Sucafina Group
Sucafina is a leading sustainable “farm to roaster” coffee company, with a family tradition in commodities that stretches back to 1905. Today, with more than 750 employees in 23 countries, the Group is a leading player in the world of green, roasted, steamed, and soluble coffees merchanting. With its trading arm based in Geneva, Sucafina sources coffee, often directly from farmers, to provide its partners with sustainable value across the global supply chain. Learn more at www.sucafina.com
About Monte Alegre
A traditional coffee producer since the twentieth century, Cia Agropecuária Monte Alegre is located in southern Minas Gerais, a region renowned for the quality of its coffees and its mineral water springs. The Monte Alegre Farm belongs to the Vieira family, who acquired the property in 1917. UTZ and Rainforest Alliance certified, Monte Alegre guarantees the full traceability of its coffee production and use production methods that do not harm the environment and promote a sustainable rural economy – more than 20 countries import coffee from Monte Alegre. Visit www.montealegrecoffees.com.
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