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Vilmorin & Cie’s aim is to contribute to meeting the world’s food needs better by creating seeds of high added value.
In order to achieve this, the Company has set out an ambitious strategy, combining strong investment in research,
a targeted policy of external growth and partnerships, and strong international development, in order to accelerate its
expansion and sustainably strengthen its leading world positions on promising world markets.
A strategy of winning
market shares
Almost
310
million euros
invested in research
including funding in
the form of partnerships
Strong investment
in research
As the key to performance, the role of research is to ensure
growth for the future. It aims to develop new varieties of more
efficient seeds: yield, disease resistance, better adaptation to
different climates and regions, etc.
3 STRATEGIC
FOUNDATIONS
(1)
Data calculated on the basis of the sales of seeds intended for
professional markets and integrating 50% of the activities of AgReliant
(North America. Field Seeds).
29
%
of employees dedicated
to research
A targeted policy
of external growth and
partnerships
Vilmorin & Cie has adopted a policy of targeted acquisitions
and continues to establish numerous cooperation agreements
throughout the world, whether scientific, industrial or
commercial. These operations enable the group to meet major
challenges:
gain access to new genetic resources*;
penetrate and cover zones with high potential;
provide a better risk spread.
Strong internationalization
of its activities
68
nationalities
represented among
employees
Subsidiaries
in
47
countries
and
sales in
almost
150
countries
45
%
of employees
based outside
Europe
Data for 2016-2017
15.2
%
of sales
invested in research
(1)
More than
100
research centers
in the world
of sales for
2016-2017
made outside Europe
44
%