Agros Nova

Agros Nova is a company in Poland specializing in juices, processed fruit and vegetable products. Brands include Łowicz, Fortuna (company), Fortuna Karotka, Krakus, Tarczyn and Kotlin.^[1] Agros Nova Sp. z o.o. was founded in 2000 and is based in Warsaw^[2] after being spun off from Agros Holding S.A., a Joint Stock Company founded in 1990.^[3]

Between 2000 and 2001 the company narrowed its product range from 600 to approximately 200 items while marketing and distribution expenditures were increased. Agros Fortuna and its brands became the largest producer of jams and tomato preserves and the second largest producer of juices, drinks and nectars.^[3] In March 2002 a new company, Agros Fortuna Sp. z o.o. (Ltd), was spun off from the Agros Holding Group including the Łowicz factory and two other processing plants in Białystok and Tarczyn.^[3]

In August 2010, Agros Nova was acquired by IK Partners. Agros Nova’s preserves and ready-made food businesses which include Lowicz, Kotlin, Krakus, Wloclawek and Fruktus brands, two factories, and related private label products sold to Maspex in July 2015.^[4][5]

The rest of Agros Nova, specifically its non-carbonated beverages segment including brands Fortuna, Garden and Pysio, was sold to Polmlek in 2015.^[6]