{"id":699,"date":"2019-12-15T15:31:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T12:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anastasia.aboutdev.gr\/spiroulina2\/our-story\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T11:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T08:45:17","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/en\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"width-717\">\n<p>Back in time\u2026 Manolis Lianakis, is a surveyor engineer with a successful career in urban planning, suffers from exhaustion due to his demanding program. He then meets with spirulina\u2026<br \/>\nHe begins taking spirulina and soon he recovers. The \u201cgreen gold\u201d as it is usually called gave him energy and boosted him immune system. He is getting excited and he decides to invest in the algae. He begins travelling around the world in different production units of spirulina and he visited several research centres. Gradually his vision started getting shape. After a lot of research in cooperation with scientists informed in the topic, he creates an innovative production unit of spirulina, ecologically friendly in the Hot Springs of Sidirokastro in Serres. He decides that it would be a vertical production and all of the processes should be happening in Greece.<br \/>\nTruth is it required a lot of effort, patience and hard team work to deal with the bureaucracy until the unit starts functioning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It is our primary aim the production of a high-quality spirulina.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manolis-lianakis-kriti-premium-product-spiroulina-platensis-spirulina-greece-superfood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15966 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manolis-lianakis-kriti-premium-product-spiroulina-platensis-spirulina-greece-superfood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cIt is our ethical commitment to offer excellent quality products.<br \/>\nWe believe in spirulina and that is why we invest in her!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: -10px;\">Manolis Lianakis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"width-1160\">\n<div class=\"right\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/greenhouse-spirulina-greece-spiroulina-platensis-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"294\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/our-story-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/our-story-2.jpg 408w, https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/our-story-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/our-story-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/our-story-1.jpg 405w, https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/our-story-1-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"left\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #8dc63f; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 500;\">Timeline<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cooperation with Russian scientists for innovative technological equipment for spirulina\u2019s culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The production unit has been built<\/p>\n<p><strong>2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spiroulina PLATENSIS products are in marker in tablets and powder form.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Research studies begin with our products from the Pathology Clinic of the Army Hospital in Crete, as well as Hospital Universities in Patra and Engineering university in Crete. The results of those researches were published in 2014 and were announced officially from researchers in the 6th PanHellenic Conference of Greek Atherosclerosis Company (4-6\/12\/2014)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The British broadcast channel 4 chose to make a documentary of our production unit.<br \/>\nLicense from the National Organisation of medicine and certification from TUV Austria Hellas<\/p>\n<p><strong>2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New product in market \u20187 Days Power Spiroulina PLATENSIS\u201d<br \/>\nParticipation of our company for the 1st time in exhibition (International Green Week Berlin 2015)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpiroulina flakes\u201d new product in market<\/p>\n<p><strong>2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Publication of the clinical study carried out with Spiroulina PLATENSIS products at the Internal Medicine Clinic of the Naval Hospital of Crete &amp; in a Private Internal Practice by Dr. Ilias Mazokopakis &amp; Dr. Maria Papadomanolaki.<br \/>\nThe topic of the study was &#8220;The contribution of the Spirulina Platensis supplementation on COVID-19 Rrevention and hospitalization&#8221; and the results were published in the European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences 2022; 4(3), 82-83.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"width-600\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"left\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #8dc63f; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 500;\">Timeline<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cooperation with Russian scientists for innovative technological equipment for spirulina\u2019s culture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The production unit has been built<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1213 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/our-story-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/our-story-1.jpg 405w, https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/our-story-1-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spirulina PLATENSIS products are in marker in tablets and powder form.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Research studies begin with our products from the Pathology Clinic of the Army Hospital in Crete, as well as Hospital Universities in Patra and Engineering university in Crete. The results of those researches were published in 2014 and were announced officially from researchers in the 6th PanHellenic Conference of Greek Atherosclerosis Company (4-6\/12\/2014)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The British broadcast channel 4 chose to make a documentary of our production unit.<br \/>\nLicense from the National Organisation of medicine and certification from TUV Austria Hellas<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1211 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/our-story-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/our-story-2.jpg 408w, https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/our-story-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New product in market \u20187 Days Power Spirulina PLATENSIS\u201d<br \/>\nParticipation of our company for the 1st time in exhibition (International Green Week Berlin 2015)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpirulina Flakes\u201d new product in market<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New products for nourishment and fighting tree and plants diseases in cooperation with &#8220;BIOEDAFOLTIKI HELLAS&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1213 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/our-story-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/our-story-1.jpg 405w, https:\/\/www.spiroulina.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/our-story-1-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in time\u2026 Manolis Lianakis, is a surveyor engineer with a successful career in urban planning, suffers from exhaustion due to his demanding program. He then meets with spirulina\u2026 He begins taking spirulina and soon he recovers. The \u201cgreen gold\u201d as it is usually called gave him energy and boosted him immune system. 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