A pioneer in the business market in the Balkans

Jean Valvis is a Greek businessman. He owns Valvis Group in Romania. He is the President and General Manager of Valvis Holding and Vice-President of AOAR (The Romanian Entrepreneurs’ Association). They call him “Mr Dorna”, as he was the man behind the iconic advertisement of Dorna water, which went viral in our Greece. Even today, we use the phrase from the ad “You don’t drink water, you drink velvet!”. The guiding principle of Valvis Holding, tracing its development path as from the first day of its establishment, is “environmentally friendly business”. In other words, “eco business”. Being a staunch supporter of green farming, Valvis Holding has set as a target to turn the Carpathians into an ecological farming center, and it has reached its goal. Jean Valvis was born in July 16, 1954 in Athens, Greece. His grandfather, Yannis, was born in Santorini and left the island in 1905, to go to Africa. Jean Valvis’ father was born in Sudan and Jean grew up between Jeneva, Athens and Bucharest. The Group’s core business guidelines covered by the same “green” concept are the following: Naturally sparkling natural mineral water AQUA Carpatica, wine production and selected production of organic wines Domeniile Samburesti, organic cereal farming under the LaDORNA brand name and the Group preserving related intellectual property rights after the sale to Lactalis Group (Dorna Agri). One of the Group’s current goals is to development of renewable energy integrated project, such as photovoltaic and biomass energy AgroElectrica & Terra Muntenia. The Group’s turnover arises to 50 million Euro and the human resources involved comprise 500 persons. Dorna Apemin The industrial and business activity of Valvis Holding was launched in 1994 with the establishment of DORNA APEMIN SA, a joint venture company with Greek, Romanian and Swiss equity participation. Its scope of activity covered the naturally sparkly natural mineral water gushing out of the Dorna spring to be found in an area which bears the same name. It goes without saying that the trading name of this water could not be other than “Dorna”. During 1996-1999, three mineral water brands have been created (on three different sites Dorna, Poiana Negri and Izvorul Alb) in Vatra Dornei, Suceava County. The Valvis Holding Group has operated and developed its activities in industrial processing of agricultural products and in the dairy industry since 1998, when the first green field milk processing plant was built near Dorna Candreni, Suceava County. The company, the commercial rights on the source and the brand were sold to 

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