Projects

In 2025, SIA “SpirulinaNord” signed agreement No. 9.2-24-L-2025/7 with LIAA to receive support for recruiting highly qualified employees, under the European Regional Development Fund and the National Development Plan.

The project aims to develop and improve an innovative production process (including a new production line) and technology for growing the microalga spirulina, to reduce product cost and manual work by at least 10%. The technical problem it addresses is variation in quality caused by variable raw materials and manual work.

On 14 February 2024, SIA “SpirulinaNord” signed agreement No. 17.1-1-L-2024/88 with LIAA to receive export support under the project “Development of Innovative Entrepreneurship in SMEs”, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.

The project included mentoring, the development of a marketing strategy and an iron absorption study of SpirulinaNord® products in 30+ women with insufficient iron stores.

In 2024-2025, SIA “SpirulinaNord” and SIA “GrowBites” worked together in the Latvian Food Competence Centre project “Creation of new functional and healthy products and significant improvement of existing products using spirulina grown in Latvia” (No. 5.1.1.2.i.0/1/22/A/CFLA/003).

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SIA “SpirulinaNord” has implemented the project “Establishment of a new production facility for SIA ‘SpirulinaNord’” (project No. 23-00-U2021601-000008). The project was supported by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Latvia and the Rural Support Service.

As part of the project, a new SIA “SpirulinaNord” production facility was set up for higher-capacity, efficient and continuous cultivation of spirulina in specialized bioreactors, and investments were made in automating the harvesting and packaging of the finished product, including the installation of a bottle-filling line.

In 2023-2024, a new production facility with greater production capacity was built with support from the Rural Support Service, private investors and the Buildit Latvia fund.

In 2021-2023 we took part in these LIAA support programs:

• support for recruiting highly qualified employees, under specific support objective 1.2.1.2 “To increase private sector investment in R&D” of the operational program, measure “Support for the improvement of the technology transfer system” (LIAA project No. 1.2.1.2/16/I/001 “Technology Transfer Programme”). Agreement No. JU-L-2021/12. Project goal: a significant improvement in bioreactor productivity and optimization of the production process, resulting in an improved cultivation and harvesting protocol and an evaluation of new spirulina strains. The optimization of the production process will include an analysis of manual working time and productivity and an evaluation of automation (or mechanization) and other optimization options;
• export support, under measure 3.2.1.2 “Promoting international competitiveness” of specific support objective 3.2.1 “To increase the proportion of exports of high value-added products and services” of the “Growth and Employment” program (LIAA project identification No. 3.2.1.2./16/I/001). Agreement No. SKV-L-2021/361.