Company G's signature Spain Thursday July 3 joining the Network Business Chairs at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena.
The Chair, the first of a food company in UPCT enable both institutions to collaborate in both research and practical training for students in the area of ​​improving and optimizing the quality and safety of fresh produce.
The G's group is the European leader in production and marketing of a wide range of fresh fruit and vegetables.
Its 4,000 hectares of crops in Spain are concentrated in the Campo de Cartagena, Aguilas, Jumilla, and in the provinces of Granada, Albacete and Alicante.
The Group also has offices in the UK, Czech Republic, Senegal and the United States.
The establishment of the Chair will enable the incorporation template G's Spain of a graduate UPCT year.
In addition, two students from the Polytechnic will scholarship practices by the company, which also awarded a prize for the best final thesis or degree.
A signature of the chair with G's Spain visited the CEO of G's Spain, Guy Shropshire;
CFO Jorge Reig;
director of quality, Fuensanta Gómez;
auditor, Benjamin Spotty;
UPCT Rector Jose Antonio Franco;
Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Communications, Juan Luis Pedroza;
the director-UPCT G's chair, Francisco Artes;
coordinator chairs, Alejandro Diaz Morcillo;
deputy director of the School of Agricultural Engineering, Narciso Arcas, the director of the Service Support Technology Research UPCT Isidro Ibarra, CEO and Universities CARM, Luis Javier Lozano.
Source: UPCT