Swedish fresh-herb group that grows and markets organic and conventional potted and cut herbs for retail and food service in several European countries (Spisa Holding AB, Hovås Allé 12, SE-436 53 Hovås, Gothenburg; part of the family-owned Gavia Holdings group). Its Portuguese grower, Aromáticas Vivas, Lda (NIF 509028128, Rua da Gravia 109, Carreço, 4900-278 Viana do Castelo; incorporated 18 June 2009; share capital €300,000), was founded by the Swedish Swedeponic group with local partners and is 81% held by Spisa; ECO has described it as Portugal’s largest producer of fresh aromatic herbs, with more than 40,000 m² of production area, about 55 employees and some 5.5 million pots a year. Swedeponic Holding AB is registered with the Portuguese tax authority (NIF 980417694) at the same Carreço address, and the group lists a second Portuguese company, Fresh Cut, Unipessoal Lda (NIF 513016228, Sítio da Campina, Luz de Tavira).
Swedish fresh-herb group that grows and markets organic and conventional potted and cut herbs for retail and food service in several European countries (Spisa Holding AB, Hovås Allé 12, SE-436 53 Hovås, Gothenburg; part of the family-owned Gavia Holdings group). Its Portuguese grower, Aromáticas Vivas, Lda (NIF 509028128, Rua da Gravia 109, Carreço, 4900-278 Viana do Castelo; incorporated 18 June 2009; share capital €300,000), was founded by the Swedish Swedeponic group with local partners and is 81% held by Spisa; ECO has described it as Portugal’s largest producer of fresh aromatic herbs, with more than 40,000 m² of production area, about 55 employees and some 5.5 million pots a year. Swedeponic Holding AB is registered with the Portuguese tax authority (NIF 980417694) at the same Carreço address, and the group lists a second Portuguese company, Fresh Cut, Unipessoal Lda (NIF 513016228, Sítio da Campina, Luz de Tavira).
Spisa Group (Aromáticas Vivas) sits inside the Portugal ↔ Scandinavia business corridor that NorthSouth HQ tracks every day. Its operations are a data point in the broader story of how capital, goods, people and ideas flow between Portugal and the Nordics — a corridor that is accelerating in 2026.
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