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Who is AgroFresh Inc.?
AgroFresh Inc. is an energetic and growing company dedicated
to providing the freshest and best-tasting fruits and vegetables
and freshest flowers available. As a leading global expert
in ethylene management, we use our proprietary 1-Methylcyclopropene
(1-MCP) technology to make and market the SmartFreshSM Quality
System for maintaining fruit and vegetable quality, and EthylBloc™ technology
to maintain flower freshness during routine storage and shipping.
Who are AgroFresh’s customers?
AgroFresh works with commercial growers, packer-shippers
and distributors of fresh produce and flowers around the
world
to help them deliver their fresh products with the just-picked
quality that consumers love. What is the company’s vision?
AgroFresh's vision is to increase worldwide consumption of
fresh fruits and vegetables by maintaining the quality and
availability of fresh produce. We are further dedicated to
increasing agricultural productivity to help feed a growing
world. How long has AgroFresh been in business?
AgroFresh was founded in 1999, and has grown dramatically
thanks to the efforts of a diversified team ranging from
agricultural
experts and scientists to authorities in operations, and
customer service. The science behind the company’s proprietary
1-MCP technology was discovered by respected researchers at
North Carolina State University, a leading American university
for agricultural studies, when they were studying the natural
ripening process of apples in the mid-1990s. AgroFresh acquired
the technology, refined it, and is now pioneering cutting-edge
commercial uses for it. What products does AgroFresh make?
AgroFresh makes and markets the SmartFresh Quality System
for fruits and vegetables, including apples. We also make
EthylBloc
technology for the floral industry and flower and plant growers,
which is distributed in the United States and Canada by Floralife®,
Inc. At the heart of both products is AgroFresh’s proprietary
1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) technology. What is 1-MCP?
1-MCP (1-Methylcyclopropene) is very simple molecule similar
to ethylene that protects fruits, vegetables, flowers and
plants from the damaging effects of ethylene. Naturally-occurring
ethylene helps fruits, vegetables, flowers and plants to
grow and mature, but also to eventually over-ripen or wilt.
Once protected by 1-MCP, the damaging effects of ethylene
are delayed so they maintain their peak freshness, quality
and beauty longer. 1-MCP is introduced into the air of the
produce or flower storage room for a few hours.
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