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Freeze-Dry Foods GmbH is among the first to sell freeze-dried products in the USA.

The new domicile in Greven with its 20,000m² of space offers the room required for future company expansion; and the local infrastructure is ideal, with easy access to motorways and to Münster-Osnabrück International Airport (FMO).

The raw materials and finished products warehouses are enlarged from 3000m² to approx. 6000m².

A new warehouse increases storage capacity to around 8000m².

Freeze-Dry Foods GmbH acquires its "Air-dried Vegetables" division from Gilroy, thereby launching in the important US air-dried products market.

Freeze-Dry Foods GmbH keeps up with the trend and obtains certification under EMAS regulations for processing organically grown foods.

Jointly with Surfrut and FDP USA Freeze-Dry Foods GmbH forms the globally active Farm Direct Foods Global Group, which merges important corporate activities. Further members include Farm Direct Foods Global Latin America in Chile and Mexico.

Farm Direct Foods Global reinforces its international presence by building its own reprocessing plant in the important trading port of Qingdao in eastern China.

The freeze-drying division is also certified for the processing of organically-grown products, thus completing the production cycle at the Greven site.

Stepping up its business activities in air-dried products enables Freeze-Dry Foods GmbH to offer to its customers an even wider product range and important synergies

With some 360m² the Head Office building in Greven creates urgently required office space for our constantly growing team

Freeze-Dry Foods GmbH expands its international presence for the on-site support of its clients.

The sales office in Godalming, to the south east of London, undergoes restructuring and restaffing.

A new sales office in Moscow, the capital of Russia, strengthens presence in the promising markets of the CIS countries and improves local marketing opportunities

Freeze-Dry Foods GmbH is awarded IFS certification (advanced level), thereby ensuring the highest quality standards. .

Taking our quality commitments to the next level, Freeze-Dry Foods GmbH passes the audit for the IFS Level 4 - higher level certification and is now up to date with its quality management system. This guarantees maximum product safety for our clients.

In November, the freeze-drying facility of Freeze-Dry Foods GmbH (Gefriertrocknung Greven) underwent the audit for IFS Level 4 - higher level - and was successful. The switch from DIN ISO to IFS certification guarantees a Quality Assurance policy of the highest standards. Just at a time when food scandals are never far from the headlines, we are able to send our customers a strong signal of guaranteed product quality.

From now on, FDP USA concentrates its activity on the air-dried business and Freeze-Dry Ingredients on the freeze-dried. FDI, which was sharing an office with FDP USA in Santa Rosa (CA), opens its own office in Chicago (IL) in the heart of the US food industry.

Gefriertrocknung Greven the production unit of Freeze-Dry Foods GmbH receives IFS Level 5 certification in April.

Freeze-Dry Foods GmbH successfully obtains the highest level of IFS Certification version 5. In April, the freeze-drying unit, Gefriertrocknung Greven achieves the same certification.