EU Co-Financing Projects

Poject Name: Artevasi_GoGlobal

Project Code: NORTE-02-0752-FEDER-002573
Main Goal: Enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium sized enterprises
Range Area: Northen Portugal
Beneficiary: ARTEVASI, LDA
Approval Date: 07-09-2015
Starting Date: 01-06-2015
Completion Date: 31-5-2017
Total Eligible Cost: 1.041.348,84 €
European Union financial support by ERDF: 468.606,98 €
State of implementation : Completed
Goals, activities and results expected/reached:

The Artevasi_GoGlobal project enhances to improve the company’s growth in the international market, increasing visibility and projection that are its key success factors.

The project was structured in seven complementary lines of action according to its goals and strategy:

• Attendance at trade fairs with stand;
• WEB presence, taking actions in order to improve the brand visibility in the digital world;
• International development and promotion of the Artevasi brand in a number of strategic countries as part of the internationalization process;
• Prospecting and presence in international markets to increase the number of new customers and new businesses to fit the segments of the Artevasi target market;
• International marketing which includes the acquisition of skills and innovative marketing tools for better communication and projection of the Artevasi brand in the international market;
• New essential commercial practices to support Artevasi’s growth in international markets;
• Specific certifications for external markets through the implementation and certification of the company according to ISO9001: 2015, which is crucial to position itself as a supplier of large retailers in the international market.

All these measures have allowed the development of skills in promotion and international marketing as well as the introduction of innovative processes to manage its customer relationships and its business processes. The initiatives developed have also contributed to a greater visibility and projection of the Artevasi brand in the global market, either through its presence in international markets or through prospecting.

Project Name: Artevasi4Excellence

Project Code: NORTE-02- 0853-FEDER- 013800
Main Goal: Enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium sized enterprises
Range Area: Northern Portugal
Beneficiary: ARTEVASI, LDA
Approval Date: 17-02- 2016
Starting Date: 01-10- 2015
Completion Date: 31-03- 2018
Total Eligible Cost: 385.793,02 €
European Union financial support by ERDF: 173.606,86 €
Execution Stage: 56,32%
Goals, activities and results expected/reached:

The Artevasi4Excellence project aims to support Artevasi in achieving its goals and growth strategy, in particular for the Artevasi brand positioning as a strong and well-known brand, able to grow and to efficiently and effectively deal with the global market demands.

In order to qualify the company to operate in increasingly competitive and demanding markets, Artevasi4Excellence takes into account a properly organized and associated set of measures:

• New methodologies and organizational practices, intended to focus on strengthening the management skills of the company and increasing the levels of efficiency and effectiveness of its production processes, logistics and distribution;
• New promotional and digital marketing tools to promote and improve visibility of Artevasi products;
• New logistics processes able to improve flexibility, efficiency and effectiveness of the company in order to efficiently and effectively deal with the increasingly global market;
• Enhance the company’s skills in Research, Development and Innovation by the implementation of a research, development and innovation management system regarding the NP4457 standard.