INVESTMENTS POLICY     VIORYL’s investments policy focuses towards enhancing its competitiveness and improving furthermore the high quality of products and services offered to each and every customer.   The company’s relocation to new headquarters and production units of increased capacity and the upgrade of its industrial equipment absorbed the greatest part of its investments lately. Within the framework of these investments new facilities were built at two different locations. The offices, labs and research activities are housed at facilities of 4,400 square meters in an area of 7,500 square meters near Athens (Afidnes-Attiki) whereas the production units are housed at facilities of 5,000 square meters situated in an area of 21,000 square meters north of Athens (Eleonas-Viotia). It should be stressed that the new fine chemicals production unit accommodates two new production lines for natural products (sclareol, limonene). The cost of establishing these production lines has been partially subsidized by the Greek Ministry of Agriculture. VIORYL invests steadily at expanding its export network by establishing agency agreements with agents of an increasing number of countries all over the world. In line with the research orientation that is guiding VIORYL ever since its establishment, the company is always investing on research and development of natural, user and environment friendly products (i.e. development of aroma isolation techniques for plants, flowers and fruit at their natural environment before being cut off – “living blossoms” etc.).