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Corporate
Fact Sheet
Founded in 1987 in Miami, Florida, ForemostCo®,
Inc. continues to redefine and globalize the international
production of starter material. By mastering delivery of consistent
quality product, providing exceptional service, and developing
large numbers of innovative proprietary varieties, ForemostCo®
creates profitable opportunities for both its customers and
suppliers.
Operations
Miami,
Florida: ForemostCo® Headquarters
Winter
Garden, Florida: ForemostCo®, and Phoenix Foliage, Inc.
Houston, Texas: Sales Offices
Pasadena, California: Sales Offices
Ontario, Canada: Sales Offices
Costa Rica: Ornamentales Sapo Verde, S.A. and
Plantas Ornamentales Capto, S.A.
Plant Nursery Services
Foremostco® brand plant nursery services leads in the growing and distribution of young plants to the worldwide floriculture industry. As the industry evolves, Foremostco® plant nursery services will continue to offer value by supplying young plants to the annual, perennial and landscape nursery industry.
Products
ForemostCo® actively searches out and
creates new product and now has dozens of proprietary products
with an equal number currently under development. Since its
inception in 1987, it has become the largest importer of live
plants to the U.S., accounting for more than 20% of all plants
brought into the country.
ForemostCo’s network provides a steady
supply and wide array of young plants, including year round
availability of cuttings (rooted and un-rooted), vegetative
and tissue cultured liners, air-layered plants, seeds, bulbs,
canes and rhizomes.
ForemostCo® is setting the standard for the ornamental
industry. Rather than simply feeding existing markets, its
initiatives to create new products and new production methods,
mean additional profit opportunities for both customers and
suppliers. By integrating worldwide operations, ForemostCo®
is able to source quality young plants—both traditional
varieties and cutting-edge product that is just being introduced
to the market--and utilize the most cost effective production
techniques. To further ensure the most consistent quality,
ForemostCo® conducts regular inspections and continuously
works to perfect plant uniformity and performance.
Supplier/Distribution
Network
ForemostCo® has a strong sourcing network throughout Malaysia,
Thailand, China and Taiwan, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras,
El Salvador, Nicaragua, Brazil, South Africa, Denmark, Holland,
and Australia, as well as throughout the U.S. and Canada.
ForemostCo® offers a wide variety and
constantly changing selection of cuttings and rooted liner
material. ForemostCo® provides its wholesale customers
with cuttings and liners from both wholly-owned farms and
over 100 strategic growers throughout Central America, the
United States, the European Union and the Far East.
ForemostCo's
Technological and Logistics Edge
By creating a highly automated, around-the-clock logistics
department, ForemostCo® is able to provide ongoing tracking,
rapid expediting, a network system of air and truck delivery,
and a U.S. Customs-certified staff that handles customs brokerage
and USDA clearance in-house. ForemostCo® is the only plant
brokering company in the US that handles its own Customs and
USDA clearance and runs its own fleet of temperature controlled
trucks.
This fluid, integrated logistics operation
has a sterling track record in careful product handling. ForemostCo®
has never missed a single weekly shipping date since its founding
in 1987 despite Hurricane Andrew, 9/11 and other catastrophic
events.
Key
Personnel
Joseph C. Roberts, CEO
Penny L. Roberts, COO
Andrew Zohn, Controller
Randy L. Goff, General Manager
George A. Skinner, National Sales Director
Randy A. Natalino, Vice President-Marketiing
Our
Team
ForemostCo’s staff is happy to serve in any way possible
to provide the best in consistent quality and exceptional
service. Many members of ForemostCo’s
team are educated and experienced in horticulture, which
allows us to help customers with special needs such as contract
growing or suggesting quick-turn products for
optimal inventory turnover.
The
Numbers
• ForemostCo® employs over 200 throughout its operations:
o 75 are employed in the Miami headquarters;
o 30 in ForemostCo® and Phoenix Foliage’s Central
Florida operations;
o Over 100 in the Costa Rican operations.
• Phoenix Foliage produces over 10 million liners per
year.
• The Costa Rica farming operations encompass 480 acres.
• Eighty acres of a Costa Rican operation are devoted
to
reforestation.
• Exclusive ForemostCo® suppliers in Central America
employ an additional 2300 workers and encompass in excess
of 5000 acres of production area.
Contact
Information
ForemostCo®,
Inc.
8457 Northwest 66th Street
Miami, Florida 33166
PHONE: (800)
421-8986/(305) 592-8986
FAX: (800) 426-1362/(305) 592-8934
E-mail
us: sales@foremostco.com
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