Is a privately owned company founded in 1988. The company started with a production capacity of 10 tons/month in 1990. 2008, the production capacity has reached 150 tons/ month (1’800 tons/ year). Agar powder is mostly produced from cultivated seaweed Gracilaria spp. as well as from wild harvested Gelidiumspp and Pterocladia spp. 30% of the production is exported to Japan and the USA; the remaining production is for the domestic market.