MAT Holding celebrates the incorporation of the historic Quart de Poblet factory into its IQV division

MAT Holding has celebrated the incorporation of the historic Quart de Poblet plant into the group, acquired from Bayer in an operation signed on 31 May. The event was attended by the Mayor of Quart de Poblet, Cristina Mora, and Bartolomé Nofuentes, Councillor for Urban Planning, along with the President of MAT Holding, Pau Relat, and the General Manager of IQV, Jordi Crespi, as well as a hundred people, including staff from Quart de Poblet and members of IQV Cheste, IQV Mollet, and MAT Holding.
“At the Quart de Poblet Town Hall, we foster relationships that go beyond merely institutional ties and appreciate the willingness of IQV and MAT Holding Group to participate in this dynamic. We have common goals: employment, sustainability, proximity, and excellence, so I am confident that this new commitment to the Valencian territory, and specifically to Quart de Poblet, will be highly successful,” said Mora.

The President of the group, Pau Relat, highlighted MAT Holding’s long-term vision and commitment to transforming and leaving a legacy in a strategic sector such as agriculture and in the territories where it operates. Relat recalled the investment made by IQV in 2004 with the purchase of the Cheste factory, which has doubled its workforce since then, and expressed the same willingness to invest and grow in Quart de Poblet.
For his part, Jordi Crespi celebrated the incorporation of the Quart de Poblet plant as a milestone in IQV’s growth, which will allow it to consolidate itself as a reference tolling specialist in Southern Europe and undertake greater production of biorationals. Crespi welcomed the 69 workers who are joining the MAT Holding family, which now exceeds 1,200 people in total.
The acquisition of the Quart de Poblet plant is part of MAT Holding’s strategic growth plan, which will make investments worth 60 million euros in 2024, aimed at globally strengthening the group’s two divisions, which provide solutions and technologies for sustainable and efficient water and agriculture management. The group, chaired by Pau Relat, thus triples its investment pace of recent years, with the goal of reaching a sales volume of 500 million euros within five years, positioning it as a global leader in sustainable agriculture solutions and efficient water management.