Within the framework of the collaboration between the Chios Mastic Producers’ Association (CMPA) and the Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics (LEI/NTUA) and collaborating Professors and researchers from NTUA, with the aim of designing and implementing interventions to improve the value chain of mastic production, processing and distribution, Professor Yiannis Kalogirou, Asst. Professor Angelos Tsakanikas, Professor Glykeria Kakali and Postdoctoral Researcher Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos, conducted an organized visit to the facilities of EMX and its subsidiary company Mediterra SA, on June 20 and 21, 2018.

The agenda of the visit included the following:

• Inaugural Working Meeting between EMX and the NTUA Team
• Discussion with Mastic Producers at the EMX offices
• Working visit to the EMX Factory
• Press interview to inform the local community about the goals of the collaboration
• Working visit to the Mediterra Factory
• Visiting the Mastic Museum
• Visit Overview (Next Steps)