Benjamí Ibars Vitores, partner of Camp d'Alcarràs i Secció de Crèdit, has been elected the new president of the Fruits de Ponent Cooperative Group, SCCL. Ibars replaces Sebastià Escarp i Tomàs in this position, who held the presidency for the last eight years, a term established in the Statutes of Camp d'Alcarràs i Secció de Crèdit, First Grade Cooperative of the Fruits de Ponent Cooperative Group.
The appointment became effective on Thursday, December 16, after the corresponding governing councils were held this week. The council of Camp d'Alcarràs i Secció de Crèdit - of which Ibars is a partner and where he was unanimously proposed for this position - met first. Then the council of Cooperatiu Group met and ratified his appointment by unanimous agreement. Benjamí Ibars Vitores, 52, has always maintained a close relationship with the Camp d'Alcarràs i Secció de Crèdit cooperative, and therefore with the Fruits de Ponent Cooperative Group.
First as a grassroots member, and later occupying representative positions on the Governing Council, up until the present, since he was the head of the Fruit Section. Ibars thanked the president of the Grup Cooperatiu, Sebastià Escarp, for his hard work and dedication to the Cooperative during this period, encouraging him to continue contributing his experience to the group as a partner.
With a turnover of 60 million euro, Fruits de Ponent Cooperative Group has four 1st Grade cooperatives: Camp d'Alcarràs i Secció de Crèdit, Agrària Progresiva Benavent-La Portella, Ramell, and Agrària del Llobregós.
Formed by some 180 family unit partners (comprising several generations), the group is characterized by being one of the leaders in Europe in the production and marketing of stone fruit, as well as other business units that it has been developing over the last few years.
In recent years, Fruits de Ponent has focused its activity on environmental, economic, and social sustainability, establishing itself as a cooperative ecosystem.
For more information:
Fruits de Ponent
Crta. Valmanya, km 1
25180 Alcarràs, Lérida (España)
Tel.: +34 973 79 01 69
[email protected]
www.fruitsponent.com