TIMELINE

1992 – 1993

First ever export of Table Grapes to the UK markets from India by GM Exports, parent company of Euro Fruits.

1993 – 1994

Set up of state-of-the-art packhouse infrastructure at Nasik supported by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), first of its kind in India.

1994 – 1995

Formal training in postharvest management technology for Euro Fruits top management at University of California, Davis USA.

Euro Fruits diversified the sourcing base to Sangli region.

1995 – 1996

Euro Fruits receives the first award and recognition from APEDA, Government of India.

1996 – 1997

Expansion of Sangli sourcing region with personal presence and commitment by Nitin Agrawal.

1997 – 1998

Benchmarking visits to global grapes packhouses in South Africa, Chile, Australia for best practices study.

1998 – 1999

Highest credit rating in Indian Table Grape industry with responsible financial management and pre-payment of all financial obligations.

1999 – 2000

Participation and presentation by Euro Fruits at first-ever Asia Fruit Congress at Singapore.

First 10*500g Punnet Pack-out by Euro Fruits.

2000 – 2001

European trade press acknowledges Euro Fruits as “Rolls Royce” of Indian Table Grape industry.

Euro Fruits forms a new long term relationship with newly set up Timerfruit born in 2000.

2001 – 2002

Euro Fruits organized Grower team visit to South Africa for benchmarking vineyard management practices.

2002 – 2003

First Indian Exporter to start packing in European retailers private labels.

2003 – 2004

First India based EurepGAP certified Farmer Group.

Active participation by Euro Fruits in APEDA Residues Monitoring Plan Compilation.

2004 – 2005

First India based EurepGAP certified Farmer Group.

Active participation by Euro Fruits in APEDA Residues Monitoring Plan Compilation.

2005 – 2006

Set up of Euro Fruits new Corporate office in Mumbai.
Set up of India’s most advanced state-of-the–art packhouse at Sangli.

Formation of core growers team for top-of-the-line quality produce with relevant compliances dedicated for specific European clients.

Initiation of FairTrade Standards Study and Price/Premium Setting Process.

2006 – 2007

Formal recognition and award for Euro Stars.

First-ever European market exposure tour of Euro Stars.

Set up of primary English medium school as CSR project.

2007 – 2008

Renovation and revamp of Nasik packhouse.

Encouragement to women famers in the supply chain with preferential treatment.

2008 – 2009

First Indian exporter to be compliant with Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) Code of Conduct.

CSR Initiative in primary health with support to Nasik Primary Health Centre and differently abled children day school.

2009 – 2010

Development of in-house software system for GlobalGAP records with focus on field applications records monitoring.

2010 – 2011

Launch of “Euro Fruits Responsible Grapes” commitment offering package of Quality, Traceability, Due Diligence Documentation, Ethical Compliance, Environmental Accreditation and Sustainability Practices.

Only Indian exporter to respect and fulfill all our financial obligations and commitments to farmers despite serious CCC setback.

2011 – 2012

First Indian grape exporter achieving FairTrade certification.

Encouraging sport, culture and physical fitness in sourcing villages with tournaments and promotions Eat- Move-Sleep

2012 – 2013

Focus on Women Empowerment with introduction to UN Women Gender Equity Seal standard and Responsible Water Management with reference to European Water Stewardship Standard.

2013 – 2014

First and India’s only Marks and Spencer Field to Fork Standard certified Grape Packhouse.

2014 – 2015

Friday the 13th March 2015 - Horror day for Indian grape industry with major hailstorm calamity. Major Financial Inclusion initiative to support farmers.

2015 – 2016

First Indian exporter to work on Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF UK) standard for compliance at supply farms.

2016 – 2017

US Government Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials visited our Pack House for market access evaluation

2017 – 2018

Introduced Social Security Health Insurance Scheme for all our Pack House workers making us first in the Grape Industry to do so

2018 – 2019

China Fruit Marketing Association- Trade Delegation initiated by APEDA Visited our Pack House