Success stories

With expert guidance, a medical and digital farming company in Lombardy transformed its sustainability ambitions into certified action and national recognition. The case shows how strategy, funding, and visibility can help SMEs lead the way.

Can fish farming be both sustainable and more profitable? Thanks to an international partnership backed by the Enterprise Europe Network, Danish start-up EWA Sensors is using advanced sensor technology to optimise fish farming. Their cutting-edge tech is helping aquaculture businesses cut risks and boost results.

Over 11 million hectares of land in Europe are dedicated to organic farming and demand for organic products continues to increase. For Polish SME BHZ Agromat, this presented a real opportunity to scale up their organic grain business and start trading across Europe. Agromat became one of Poland’s biggest organic grain traders thanks to the Enterprise Europe Network’s support.

Spanish SME reels in French commercial partner to bring seafood specialities to new markets.

Mission for excellence: bringing the best of la Rioja to the Baltic Sea coast.

Aided by the Enterprise Europe Network, one Polish SME is now sourcing organic buckwheat and other ingredients from a tiny farm in Latvia.

Founded in 1906, Hijos de Rivera produces a million hectolitres a year using hops from Germany and other parts of Spain.

Keeping the bugs at bay poses a challenge for organic farms that shun pesticides. But help is on the way: a small Turkish plastics maker has developed an environmentally friendly bug trap, under an EU research project it learned about from the Enterprise Europe Network.