Notre métier originel : producteur
PMA28 harvests medicinal and aromatic plants with effective active ingredients and intrinsic qualities, in accordance with the specifications of our customers! Due to our historical agricultural profession, we fully commit to our day-to-day work.
Three favorite areas
spread over three different regions
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Producer
Mainly produced in Eure-et-Loir, Loiret and Loir-et-Cher
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Producer
Produced within a radius 20km around Varize
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Produites principalement
en Val-de-Loire
In a few numbers...
Our technical equipment
Equipped with suitable harvesting equipment, agricultural teams work with specialized precision equipment:
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Windrower,
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mechanical hoe,
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self-loading trailer,
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harvester,
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harvester,
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Tractor with GPS guidance...
Our drying units
Based in Lindron, PMA28 has three drying units with a capacity of 8T of materials, dried per day.
Our storage units
Based on both sites, our storage units have a capacity of
6,000 m2 (Lindron) And11,000 m2 (Chateaudun)
The transformation
The processing of products on the agricultural site is done in 4 stages:
Washing,
Drying,
Stripping and sorting,
Cutting (knife mill).
The teams
agricultural
Production
little hands
Search & Development
Our objective is to broaden our fields of technical and cultural skills, in order to provide our customers with sustainable solutions over time. Our team keeps abreast of each agricultural advance, in order to experiment and complete our classic ranges, with suitable products.
We adapt to you
Understanding your needs is essential for our teams! This is why we study together the possibilities of cultivation, in order to best meet your expectations.
We went to trials and experiments in the fields, with the aim of developing technical itineraries for new crops (yields, variety tests, how to grow plants with our pedoclimatic conditions, etc.).
All our tests are carried out locally, in conjunction with our partner producers.
The plants of the world
Our botanical journey begins where the plants were harvested.
We maintain long-term partnerships with farmers, suppliers and collectors around the world, committed to sustainable agricultural practices.
Global sourcing
To find the best quality plants, our Purchasing department works withsuppliers around the world, in search of the best harvest locations. When the plants are not present in France, PMA28 chooses a supply in the countries where they are harvested,while promoting the economic development of local populations.
India
Celery, turmeric
Sri-Lanka
Thé noir
Afrique du sud
Baobab, rooibos
Côte d'Ivoire
Desmodium
Etats-Unis
Cimicifuga, orme rouge, hamamelis
Mexique
Damania, jojoba, arnica
Brésil
Avocatier, baie rose, maté vert, tonka
France
Angélique, avoine, cassis, chardon-marie, echinacea, livèche, luzerne, persil, lin, verveine
Sénégal
Hibiscus, combretum
Maroc
Coquelicot,
mandragore
Tunisie
Airelle, amandier
Espagne
Anis, vigne
Egypte
Souci, menthe, aneth, cumin
Italie
Blé tendre
Bulgarie
Aubépine, marronnier d'inde, pensée sauvage, coriandre, angélique, camomille
Chine
Jasmin, artemisia, thé vert, pivoine de Chine, lys, pamplemoussier, réglisse
Iran
Réglisse, rose,
oranger
Pakistan
Carthame
Turquie
Cumin, fenouil
Ukraine
Arnica, bruyère
Pologne
Onagre, cassis, carotte, chardon-marie
Madagascar
Giroflier, cacaoyer
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Sector development
Thanks to our subsidiary established in Bulgaria for 25 years, we supply our customers with plants collected manually, mainly with this origin. Our desire is to develop and set up long-term partnerships, in particular thanks to trustworthy farmers and pickers established in Albania, Côte d'Ivoire and China.
The transformation
The transformation of our plants is the result of great mastery and historical know-how, combined with listening to the needs of our customers. We shape our products ourselves, in order to guarantee the best!
Our expertise: dry plants
We mainly sell dry plants for all sectors of activity. The choice of the drying method is reasoned according to the nature of the plants and the targeted outlet, the harvest periods, the quantities to be treated.
Once harvested and dried, plants can undergo various transformations. We offer our plants, according to customer needs, in whole form or:
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Cut / Sifted:
2 types of cuts are possible:-
an extraction cut made using a knife grinder to obtain a calibration of approximately 0.5 to 3 cm.
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a cut followed by a sieving intended mainly for herbalism is carried out thanks to another grinder. The calibration of the cut is then 0.1 to 3 cm.
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Sprayed:
All our plants can, once dried, be sold in powder form. Equipped with two hammer mills and a rotary sieve, we are able to offer various particle sizes: 1200, 1000, 800, 500, 300 and <300 µm. -
Debacterized with microbiological compliance (whole, cut or powder).
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Sorted: mechanical sorting, manual or by colorimetry (optical sorting).
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Mixed (for homogenization or custom mixing of several plants).
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Decontamination by CO2 : 4 chambers for a total of 160 pallets to disinsect the goods (insects, larvae and eggs).
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Abrasive powders: powders of all sizes from fruit shells or stones, for cosmetics.
fresh plants
We can supply fresh or even frozen plants on request for industries that sometimes require small quantities for the manufacture of homeopathic medicines or extracts.
This production scheme remains very much in the minority within the company given the volume of fresh plants and the costs incurred.
We offer the washing and drying of fresh plants as a service.