YIOTIS ANONIMOS EMPORIKI & VIOMIXANIKI ETAIREIA

Their core work

JOTIS is a major Greek food manufacturer known for confectionery, desserts, baking products, and infant food — one of the most recognized food brands in Greece. In H2020 projects, they serve as an industrial end-user and validation partner, contributing real-world manufacturing environments and food production expertise. Their participation spans food safety, digital process optimization, energy-efficient manufacturing, and sustainable materials — reflecting a large food company modernizing its operations across multiple dimensions simultaneously.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

JOTIS entered H2020 in 2019 with projects focused on advanced manufacturing technologies — recycling composites for 3D printing (Repair3D) and multimodal spectral monitoring with deep learning (MULTIPLE). By 2020-2021, their focus shifted clearly toward food safety, infant nutrition, and energy-efficient manufacturing management. This trajectory shows a company that initially explored frontier manufacturing technologies and then concentrated on its core business domain: making food production safer, more digital, and more energy-efficient.

JOTIS is converging on digitally-enhanced, safe, and sustainable food manufacturing — expect future interest in AI-driven quality control, traceability, and green production.

How they like to work

JOTIS participates exclusively as a partner, never as coordinator — consistent with a large industrial company providing real-world validation environments rather than leading research. With 111 unique partners across 19 countries in just 5 projects, they join large, diverse consortia (averaging 22+ partners per project). This makes them an accessible and experienced consortium partner who understands multi-national project dynamics well.

Extensive European network of 111 unique partners spanning 19 countries, built through participation in large research and innovation consortia. Their reach extends beyond Europe, with the SAFFI project including Chinese partners for EU-China food safety collaboration.

What sets them apart

JOTIS brings something rare to EU consortia: a large, established food manufacturer willing to open its production lines as living laboratories for testing new technologies. Unlike research organizations or technology providers, they offer direct industrial validation in a real food production environment. For any project needing an end-user partner in food manufacturing, confectionery, or infant nutrition, JOTIS provides both the industrial infrastructure and the regulatory experience that comes from decades in the market.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SAFFI
  EU-China collaboration on infant food safety — directly aligned with JOTIS's core infant nutrition product line and rare international food safety scope.
• EnerMan
  Largest single EC contribution (EUR 276,500), focused on energy-efficient manufacturing — signals strategic investment in sustainable production.
• MULTIPLE
  Applied deep learning and multimodal spectral sensors to process optimization — shows JOTIS engaging with advanced digital monitoring well beyond typical food industry practice.