Agro Industrial Lazzeri S/a.

Agro Industrial Lazzeri S.A . is based in Vacaria, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). It started its fruitgrowing activity in 1983 with orchards in a region called Refugiado. Nowadays it owns a planted area of 470 hectares for apple growing with trees distributed in two zones of this property. It also has a storage area with a refrigerating capacity of 11,500 tons and sells both on the home market and abroad (mainly Europe). As regards nurseries, it has a surface area of 25 ha yearly, where it produces preformed apple trees of several varieties: Fuji select, Brasilgala®, Imperial Gala, Catarina and, more recently, Brookfield® (‘Baigent’).
They basically work with M9 rootstock, Maruba with filter and others on request.

A modern, efficient organization. The Lazzeri agricultural group, led by its managing director Valentino Lazzeri, comprises the two divisions, Lazzeri Floriculture Division , which supply young plants for the floricultural - nursery industry, and Lazzeri apple , which produces apples and fruit trees for the international market.