Type
Business expansion
Country
Greece
Region
Voreia Elláda; Dytiki Makedonia; Grevena, Kozani
Location of affected unit(s)
Ptolemaida, Western Macedonia
Sector
Agriculture / Forestry / Fishing
01 - Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
01.1 - Growing of non-perennial crops
01.13 - Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers

300 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
23 July 2026
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2027
Foreseen end date
31 December 2027

Description

Wonderplant, a Greek company active in hydroponic agricultural production, is creating 300 direct permanent jobs at a new hydroponic tomato greenhouse facility in Mavropigi, Eordaia, near Ptolemaida in Western Macedonia. Works on the approximately €130 million investment started on 23 July 2026. The new facility will cover around 300 stremmata and is designed to produce approximately 20,000 tonnes of fresh table tomatoes annually. It will also include a 30 MW high-efficiency combined heat and power unit. The investment is supported by €63 million from the Just Transition Fund and forms part of efforts to develop new productive activities on former lignite land in Western Macedonia. Gradual operation of the new facility is expected to begin in early 2027, with full development targeted by the end of 2027. Wonderplant currently employs 439 workers at its existing hydroponic greenhouse facility in Petrousa, Drama, which provides the model for the new Ptolemaida investment.


Citation

Eurofound (2026), Wonderplant Thermokipia, Business expansion in Greece, factsheet number 300920, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/300920.