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RELIKAJ
Rruga Kalldrun, Malesi e Madhe
Albania,Koplik, Malesi e Madhe, 4301

WEB: http://www.relikaj.net
NACE Codes
  • C.10.39 - Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables
Export Activity

It all started in 1992 in a small warehouse in Koplik area. Mr. Likaj, with his agricultures experience coming from the communism period of transition, began collecting herbs and spices and hired some skill workers so to process products manually, hand-made with simple sieves. The success came in 1995 when the company started its first exports to France, Germany and Turkey. In 2000, the company invested in all its processing units, integrating modern machineries, new facilities and developed a better processing system so to increase efficiency. In 2009 Relikaj focused its committed in human recourses, creating a young and well dedicated staff with global sales ambition. The big change in the business performance happened in 2016, when the company made a huge investment in all its divisions. Relikaj as herbs growers, is having a big dream, to bring Albanian ingredients, freshly processed and packed at source, to consumers and food lovers all over the world. We have the advantage to provide our customers the highest quality flavour products, 100% traceable, picked, processed and packed’ at single origin. The company is as good as the people employed. It has a dedicated team, passionate about Relikaj’ vision and eager to make customers happy. Mixing experienced professionals of agriculture processing with talented and young people full of dreams and empowered to do their job, is Relikaj’s vision of teamwork and success. There are 52 employees working full time and around 135 employees and more than 400 farmers working for the company in high peak season. With the modern new facility, it offers enormous services for the food industry, preparing ingredients and culinary herbs adapted to specific requirements in each case. The company has designed and set up a processing line by offering complete end-end solution in one location. Facilities – Based on the latest investment, Relikaj now has around 80,000 square feet of build-up spaces, including raw material collection centres, processing plants, storage warehouse, farmers training facilities, quality certification labs and product show rooms. New Processing Lines – Relikaj has been moving forward by setting a state of the art finishing facility which has pre-cleaning, grinding, blending and packaging capabilities to process final product. The new line has an innovative process flow and is fully automated. Our lab facilities comprise modern equipment with fresh and skilful researchers. Relying on different quality assessments and certificates, the facility has all the necessary Food Safety and Sustainability requirements based on BRC standards. Effective Forward Linkages - Transportation network and easy of export connected to all key borders. The plant is located 5 km from the cultivating areas, 110 km from the airport, 25 km from Montenegro border and 115 km from the main export port of Durres.

Export Chanels /Export Markets

France, Germany and Turkey

Firm Info

• in September 2017 it has been Rainforest Alliance Certified, where certified farms operate an environmental and social management system according to the complexity of its operation and in compliance with applicable local legislation. In our certification we have around 120 sustainable farms with an annual production of 1,000 MT of certified sage. To trace the product in a way to ensure traceability and safety, the farmers use new bags distributed by Relikaj, where attached is a batch having a specific farmer code. This code is maintained during harvesting, handling, processing, packaging and transportation. By this way we ensure full traceability and quality sustainability of the product. • BRC: Leading brand and consumer protection organization, BRC Global Standards' guarantee the standardization of quality, safety and operational criteria that insures fulfil of legal obligations and provide protection for the end consumers; • HACCP: Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points is a systematic preventive approach to food safety from biological, chemical, and physical hazards in production processes that can cause the finished product to be unsafe, and designs measurements to reduce these risks to a safe leve • Halal: It certifies that our products are permissible and acceptable under Islamic law, products that are edible, drinkable or usable by the Muslim community. • Kosher: Kosher is the certification that allows the use and consumption of those products in accordance with the Kashrut (Jewish-Jewish Dietary Law). • ISO 9001: Quality Management Systems ISO 9001 specifies the general requirements for the development, implementation and improvement of business operation to meet customers’ requirements. • CropIn: This is an intuitive, intelligent, self-evolving system that delivers future-ready farming solutions to the entire agricultural sector. It helps our farmers to increase efficiency, to scale productivity and it supports sustainability

Company Products

Even though are well recognized all over the world for harvesting and processing high quality and traceable Salvia, we do work with different plants and herbs harvested only in Albania. • Salvia officinalis • Satureja montana • Thymus vulgaris • Oreganum vulgare • Lavandula angustifolia • Melissa officinalis • Tilia argentea • Sambucus nigra

Company Services

Relikaj brand has a passionate commitment to quality and authenticity in raw material. it understands the challenge of sourcing traceable and high quality herbs as most of the companies in the food business buy ingredients from different sources and suppliers, making difficult to trace issues and to increase consistency in quality and processing. Relikaj on the other hand has a strong connection to farming and cultivates some of the herbs in our own lands, increasing tremendously product traceability and raw material harvesting quality. We are located in North of Albania, part of Dalmatian region, the best to cultivate and harvest culinary plants, especially Sage, Savoury, Lavender, Thyme and Oregano.

Cooperative Offers

Economic Sector: Agri-food Offer Type: