June 2019 – JMP Flowers

Age	21
Place of residence	Maciejowice
Education	Secondary
How long have you been working for jmp flowers?	For around 3 years
What positions have you held?	Member of the Sticking Team
My greatest achievement (private and/or profession	Being promoted to the position of the Sticking Team Leader
I work for jmp flowers because…	The company guarantees not only a steady income but also prospects for continual personal development and promotion.
In my free time…	I acquire knowledge and new skills by pursuing part-time studies.
What i consider important…	Self-fulfilment because personal development and competencies often prove useful at work and in professional life.
My favourite flower…	Rose

Age	48
Place of residence	Stężyca
Education	Secondary
How long have you been working for jmp flowers?	For 27 years
What positions have you held?	I began with basic manual work.
My greatest achievement (private and/or profession	Being promoted to the position of Anthurium Order-Processing Team Leader.
I work for jmp flowers because…	This company offers continuous development prospects.
In my free time…	I love travelling, hiking, skiing and working in my own garden.
What i consider important…	My family
My favourite flower…	All flowers

Age	35
Place of residence	Pawłowice 34
Education	Higher
How long have you been working for jmp flowers?	For 14 years
What positions have you held?	I began by constructing the anthurium-cultivation facility. Then I dealt with sorting and packing roses. Working in the capacity of Manager of the Roses Order-Processing Department was the second stage, and so far the longest in my career. At present I work as Manager of the Rose, Anthurium and Orchid Order-Processing Departments.
My greatest achievement (private and/or profession	It is hard to say. Whenever I take up a challenge, I usually assume it will end in success.
I work for jmp flowers because…	I like my job and it gives me satisfaction.
In my free time…	I like fishing and spending time with my family.
What i consider important…	My family
My favourite flower…	Rose

Age	50
Education	Secondary-technical
How long have you been working for jmp flowers?	For 23 years
What positions have you held?	Construction worker, boilerman, construction-site manager
My greatest achievement (private and/or profession	Professional – constructing greenhouses for rose cultivation with an area of 5 ha. Private – giving up smoking after 30 years of being a habitual smoker.
I work for jmp flowers because…	I like my job and it gives me a lot of pleasure.
In my free time…	I like swimming, cycling and practising recreational sports. I also listen to music and watch sports on TV.
What i consider important…	My family
My favourite flower…	Freesia

Age	41
Place of residence	Stężyca
Education	Secondary / Mechanic Technician
How long have you been working for jmp flowers?	Until 1989 I worked for the company on a casual basis, as a textiles salesman at the European Fair (the Dziesięciolecia Stadium). I was then entrusted with assembling shading elements in this facility, over an area of 0.7 h. In 1989 I got my first job in the JMP Flowers greenhouse on a piece-rate basis. In 1992 I gained a permanent contract.
What positions have you held?	1 – Manual greenhouse worker 2 – Selling vegetables in the Krakowiaków – Okęcie market 3 – Flower sales at Bakalarska 2 4 – Flower sales in Bronisze – Branch Office Manager

Age	35
Place of residence	Stężyca
Education	Higher education: (A graduate of full-time studies in Warsaw in the field of Management and marketing, daily studies at SWPS, Social Psychology), a graduate of Doctoral Studies (economics) at the Warsaw School of Economics; international CEMS program (scholarship at Erasmus University in Rotterdam), post-graduate floristic studies at SGGW, course at Istituto Marangoni (Milan)
How long have you been working for jmp flowers?	My parents have been involved in the life of the company from a small age. From an early age, we have carried out cleaning, auxiliary and maintenance works in the greenhouse.
What positions have you held?	I started as a greenhouse worker. I was a warehouseman – seller in the department of roses. I dealt with marketing, obtaining and accounting for EU funds, managing investment projects and developing the own sales network, as well as selling, exporting and acquiring clients as Key Account Manager.
My greatest achievement (private and/or profession	The greatest professional successes – still ahead of me. Every day I work on making JMP Flowers a recognizable brand in Europe, the first choice when buying flowers and the undisputed leader in its industry. I also dream about promoting a beautiful tradition of giving flowers. Privately: starting a family. Socially: initiation and organization of the 4th edition of the Stężycki Triathlon, which promotes sporting activities and the organization of the “Wisła Gospel” Festival.
I work for jmp flowers because…	It’s a great industry and a company that my parents created with passion from scratch. Working at JMP Flowers gives me the opportunity to grow and co-create a company with my family, as well as the continuing work and values of my ancestors.
In my free time…	Cinema, theater, travel, triathlon, kite-surfing, books, cooking, motorbike, bicycle.
What i consider important…	Love, harmony, development, cooperation, fruitful creation with passion and joy, sense of fulfillment.
My favourite flower…	I like to always have fresh, cut flowers at home, especially the Bombastic branch rose; on the window sill I also have a lot of different orchids – some have been blooming for many years.

Age	66
Place of residence	Stężyca
Education	Higher education; the Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Techniques at the SGGW Warsaw University of Life Sciences
How long have you been working for jmp flowers?	I founded the company in 1977.
What positions have you held?	I have built the company from scratch, jointly with a few colleagues.
My greatest achievement (private and/or profession	My children and the company which I have created jointly with my family and employees, and which is now the largest and the best flower producer in Poland, and one of the leading producers in Europe, are definitely my biggest successes. My other successful ventures include constructing the Wyspa Wisła recreational complex together with Stężyca residents; conducting major renovation of the Stężyca Sports Stadium; contributing to the establishing of the Educational and Sports Centre in Stężyca, and the repair of voivodeship road No. 801.
I work for jmp flowers because…	My work is my passion, and I intend to share my knowledge and experience aiming at the further development of the company.
In my free time…	I play tennis, cycle, and read books.
What i consider important…	My family, the development and prosperity of my company
My favourite flower…	The Phalaenopsis Orchid

Warszawski Rolno-Spożywczy Rynek Hurtowy SA – BRONISZE
ul. Poznańska 98, 05-850 Bronisze
Bronisze BOX nr A52-A55 / A41- A43
tel. +48 22 721 60 05
bronisze@jmpflowers.pl
Godziny otwarcia:
Poniedziałek – Piątek: 3:00 – 14:00
Sobota: 3:00 – 14:00
Niedziela: 4:00 – 9:00

Przedstawiciel Handlowy o. Warszawa
tel. +48 500 134 652
tel. +48 505 273 029

Filia JMP Flowers (budynek firmy Hart)
ul. Nowotoruńska 6, 85-839 Bydgoszcz
tel. +48 510 851 648
b ydgoszcz@jmpflowers.pl
Godziny otwarcia:
Poniedziałek – Piątek: 5:30 – 12:00
Sobota: 6:00 – 10:00
Niedziela: Nieczynne

Przedstawiciel Handlowy o. Bydgoszcz
tel. +48 510 209 898
tel. +48 519 662 460
tel. +48 500 465 289

Wielkopolska Gildia Rolno-Ogrodnicza SA
ul. Franowo 1, 61-302 Poznań
BOX 64-66 75-77
tel. +48 61 876 36 76
poznan@jmpflowers.pl
Godziny otwarcia:
Poniedziałek – Piątek: 4:00 – 13:00
Sobota: 4:00 – 13:00
Niedziela: Nieczynne

Przedstawiciel Handlowy o. Poznań
tel. +48 505 273 071
tel. +48 518 301 997

Centrum Giełdowo-Handlowe Balicka
ul. Balicka 56, 30-149 Kraków
tel. +48 500-290-457
krakow@jmpflowers.pl
Godziny otwarcia:
Poniedziałek – Sobota: 3:00 – 9:00

Przedstawiciel Handlowy o. Kraków
tel. +48 500 290 535

Dolnośląskie Centrum Hurtu Rolno-Spożywczego SA
ul. Giełdowa 12, 52-438 Wrocław
BOX 12-13
tel. +48 71 364 55 28
wroclaw@jmpflowers.pl
Godziny otwarcia:
Poniedziałek: 3:30 – 10:00
Wtorek: 4:30 – 10:00
Środa: 3:30 – 10:00
Czwartek: 2:30 – 10:00
Piątek: 3:30 – 10:00
Sobota: 4:30 – 10:00
Niedziela: Nieczynne

Przedstawiciel Handlowy o. Wrocław
tel. +48 519 637 559

Śląska Giełda Kwiatowa Synergia
ul. Sadowa 3, 43-100 Tychy
Hala Kwiatowa, Rynek 3
tel. +48 32 780 36 50
tychy@jmpflowers.pl
Godziny otwarcia:
Poniedziałek: 6:00 – 12:00/20:00 – 12:00
Wtorek: 0:00 – 12:00
Środa: 6:00 – 12:00/20:00 – 12:00
Czwartek: 0:00 – 12:00
Piątek: 6:00 – 12:00/20:00 – 12:00
Sobota: 0:00 – 12:00

Przedstawiciel Handlowy o. Tychy
tel. +48 501 514 743

Podkarpackie Centrum Hurtowe Agrohurt SA
ul. Lubelska 46, 35-959 Rzeszów
BOX 38
tel. +48 510-209-350
rzeszow@jmpflowers.pl
Godziny otwarcia:
Poniedziałek – Piątek: 5:00 – 11:00
Sobota: 5:00 – 11:00
Niedziela: Nieczynne

Przedstawiciel Handlowy o. Rzeszów
tel. +48 509 679 944
tel. +48 510 209 350

Lubelski Rynek Hurtowy SA w Elizówce
Elizówka, ul. Szafranowa 6
21-003 Ciecierzyn, BOX B2-09, B2-10
elizowka@jmpflowers.pl
Godziny otwarcia:
Poniedziałek – Piątek: 6:00 – 11:00
Sobota: 6:00 – 9:30
Niedziela: Nieczynne

Przedstawiciel Handlowy o. Lublin
tel. +48 505 273 033

Świętokrzyski Rynek Hurtowy Sp. z o.o.
ul. Magazynowa 4, 25-565 Kielce
tel. +48 41 362 81 33
kielce@jmpflowers.pl
Godziny otwarcia:
Poniedziałek – Piątek: 6:00 – 15:00
Sobota: 6:00 – 13:00
Niedziela: Nieczynne

Przedstawiciel Handlowy o. Kielce
tel. +48 512 652 244

Pomorskie Hurtowe Centrum Rolno – Spożywcze SA – RENK
ul. Wodnika 50, 80-299 Gdańsk
Pawilon 86-90
tel. +48 58 762 78 98
gdansk@jmpflowers.pl
Godziny otwarcia:
Poniedziałek: 2:30 – 10:30
Wtorek: 3:30 – 10:30
Środa: 2:30 – 10:30
Czwartek: 3:00 – 10:00
Piątek: 2:30 – 10:30
Sobota: 3:30 – 11:00

Przedstawiciel Handlowy o. Gdańsk
tel. +48 690 175 301
tel. +48 510 209 682

JMP Flowers Grupa Producentów sp z o.o.
ul. Zielona 48, 08-540 Stężyca
NIP: 506-011-22-54
KRS 0000483988
tel. +48 81 888 95 71
www.jmpflowers.pl

Przedstawiciel Handlowy o. Stężyca
tel. +48 508 377 838

His other social activities have included providing financial support to the local football team, which Stężyca residents are truly proud of, as well as rebuilding the Stężyca sports stadium, which is one of the most eye-pleasing facilities of its kind in the Lubelskie Voivodeship.

Jointly with his family and common land owners, Jarosław Ptaszek has organised and provided financial support to a project involving the construction of the Educational and Sports Centre in Stężyca. The newly constructed facilities have offered convenient conditions to study and practise sports to children and young people residing in the Stężyca commune.

Since 2005 Jarosław Ptaszek has performed the honourable function of President of the Stężyca Friends Association. During that period he has succeeded in engaging Stężyca residents in diverse social activities implemented as part of the “Vistula Backwater – Active Recreation in Stężyca” project, having demonstrated his own involvement on a voluntary basis.

Since 2013 Jacek Ptaszek, acting on behalf of the Management Board of the Stężyca Friends Association, in cooperation with the BGŻ Foundation, has initiated and managed the English Club project. Each year the project provides 50 primary-school and junior-high-school students from Stężyca with an opportunity to attend a free English-language course.

Jarosław Ptaszek has also performed the function of Head of the Investment Section of the Stężyca Friends Association, closely cooperating with the Architectural and Supervision Inspector, and supervising the work performed by the General Contractor in connection with building the Wyspa Wisła (Vistula Island) recreational complex. He currently holds the position of Head of the Economic Section of the Stężyca Friends Association, supervising the business activities of Wyspa Wisła. This investment, worth over PLN 20,000,000, is a perfectly organised recreational park covering an area of over 23 hectares. It is the largest investment of its kind in Poland, implemented to date by a public-benefit institution. The park has provided jobs for 16 people and has provided excellent active recreation and relaxation conditions, to both Stężyca residents and visitors, along with good quality catering. Wyspa Wisła has become famous for its numerous artistic and cultural events, including the Wyspa Wisła Regaee Festival, the Wisła Gospel Festival, Stężyca Triathlon, the JMP Flowers Tennis Cup and several editions of the Flower Show organised jointly with a school and run by Ms Mariola Miklaszewska. Such initiatives also reflect the true passion for sports and music in the Ptaszek family.

In recognition of his involvement, Jarosław Ptaszek was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit by President Aleksander Kwaśniewski, and the “Merited for Agriculture” Medal. He has also received the title of “Merited for the Stężyca Land” which is the highest distinction a local community can award. The Stężyca Friends Association, led by its President, sets a positive example of shaping a civil society in Poland.

In 2003 Nic van der Knaap, owner of Anthura®, named his newest anthurium “Marysia” (after Jarosław Ptaszek’s wife). This was one of the greatest successes of JMP Flowers, reflecting the respect and recognition expressed by the Dutch masters of floriculture. “Marysia” is the first yellow anthurium variety in the world.
In 2005 JMP Flowers, as the first Polish enterprise taking part in the prestigious German fairs BUNDESGARTENSCHAU, received three gold and three silver medals for its exceptional flowers.
In 2008 Jarosław Ptaszek received the Exemplary Gardener (Polish: Wzorowy Ogrodnik) Award.
In 2012 during the Lublin “Eden” Fairs, the Bombastic ramal rose grown by JMP Flowers received the Product of the Year Title.
In 2014 Jarosław Ptaszek reached the final stage in the competition for the Jan Wejchert award granted by the Polish Business Council, in the “Vision & Innovativeness” category.
In 2015 Jarosław Ptaszek received the “Luminatus” Innovation Award from Bloomberg Businessweek Polska.
In 2016 a group of independent European experts recognised the quality of the JUMULIA rose cultivated by JMP Flowers by giving it the world’s top quality grade.

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The family had been steadily expanding their business but the real breakthrough did not occur until 1977. This was when Jarosław Ptaszek, Jan’s grandson and business successor, who was then pursuing his fourth year of academic studies, took out a bank loan and built 2000 m2 of a Polish-type greenhouse, along with a grate-fired boiler room. These were initially used to grow tomatoes and freesia. After a couple of years, Jarosław and his wife Maria launched the cultivation of gerbera and anthuriums, considered more demanding plant species. In the 1980s they meticulously pursued their company development plans, doubling the greenhouse cultivation area.

Back in the times of the Polish People’s Republic, they began implementing innovative technological solutions, seeking to obtain top-quality products. They were the first producers in Poland to use energy-efficient curtains and a computer-controlled air-conditioning system manufactured by VanVliet, a Dutch company, which nowadays form part of standard professional greenhouse gardening equipment. In 1990 Jarosław and Maria built a Polish-type greenhouse with an area of 0.72 ha to grow tomatoes and cucumbers.

In 1997 the decision was made to build another Dutch-type greenhouse with an area of 1 ha, intended for anthurium cultivation. Flower seedlings were purchased from the Dutch company Anthura®. Along with the new investment, the Ptaszek family launched the promotion of a new company brand – JMP Flowers (the name being made up of the first letters of the owners’ first names and surname).

In 1998 JMP Flowers began rose cultivation. Due to the use of high-tech greenhouse-production methods, coupled with strict inspection of all aspects crucial to greenhouse and cultivation conditions, the roses distributed by JMP Flowers earned wide recognition both in Polish and foreign markets. Since then the Ptaszek family have regularly proven that Polish flowers invariably display outstanding quality in the most competitive European market conditions.

In 2000 Maria and Jarosław’s children joined the family business. The young generation, Agnieszka, Jacek and Michał, made every effort to prepare themselves to conduct business activities in today’s global village. Education has always been considered of the utmost importance in the Ptaszek family, being reflected in the activities pursued by both the company and its staff. All people working for JMP have graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics, having also pursued education in the Faculty of Law at the University of Warsaw, the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, the London School of Economics, the University of Vienna and ETH in Zurich. Jacek and Michał have additionally completed an accountancy course at Harvard University. Agnieszka and Jacek pursued postgraduate floristic studies at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, while Michał has obtained a chief accounting officer’s licence and attended a number of specialised courses. Agnieszka has completed PhD economics studies at the Warsaw School of Economics. They jointly have a fluent command of five languages.

In 2002 JMP Flowers began constructing a new greenhouse with an area of 1.7 ha, intended for anthurium cultivation. With the most innovative greenhouse for cut anthurium production being established in Poland, the Lublin Region, this was a milestone in the history of Polish greenhouse gardening. Having constructed this high-tech greenhouse, JMP has become a global anthurium producer, rated first in Poland, third in Europe, and fourth in the world.

The construction of the first fully automated facilities for potted Phalaenopsis orchid production in 2010 marked another crucial step in the company’s history, also setting a new key development direction for JMP Flowers. The mystery, beauty and magic of orchids have truly enchanted not only the Ptaszek family themselves, but also millions of owners of this unique plant grown in Stężyca.

The construction of Europe’s largest greenhouse for Phalaenopsis production in a single location, providing a cultivation area of over 10 ha, will be completed in Q3 2017. It will also be one of the most innovative facilities intended for orchid cultivation in the world.

Its innovative character results from the fact that during the production cycle of every single orchid, which lasts 11 months, the plant undergoes a number of climate stages which differ in terms of moisture, temperature and watering intensity, in order to accurately reflect the sub-tropical climate which the orchid comes from. Moreover, the facility is equipped with robots to sort out fully grown plants, which identify the budding life-cycle, the number and size of buds and the plant height, using specially designed cameras.

The glass cultivation plant, encompassing 17 ha, also comprises a well-developed technical infrastructure which makes the production process self-sufficient in terms of electricity (lighting) and heating consumption. The company has its own co-generation system. Three units installed in JMP Flowers facilities are equipped with the CodiNOx system, with all engines being connected to the greenhouse light intensity steering system. The solutions applied are also eco-friendly, as the exhaust fumes produced in power plants are cleaned by the CodiNOX system by removing trace quantities of heavy metals and carbon monoxide. Once treated, the exhaust fumes (containing pure CO2) are transported to all plants grown in the greenhouses, which transform them into oxygen released to the air.

JMP Flowers zarządza również największą w Polsce, własną hurtową siecią handlową, która posiada łącznie 15 reprezentacyjnych filii, zaopatrujących w świeże kwiaty najlepsze, polskie kwiaciarnie. Dla wygody klientów każda z filii dysponuje specjalistycznymi autami dostawczymi, którymi na zasadzie van-sellingu dostarczane są kwiaty w promieniu do 50 km od filii – zawsze świeże i zdrowe, aby pielęgnować marzenia klientów.

JMP Flowers posiada także spółkę w Wiedniu, która obsługuje przede wszystkim rynek austriacki, czeski, słowacki, niemiecki i węgierski oraz spółkę w Moskwie, która rozwija sprzedaż na rosnącym rynku Federacji Rosyjskiej.

Już od lat JMP Flowers to stabilne i bezpieczne miejsce pracy dla 240 pracowników aż z 9 krajów. JMP Flowers również w tym zakresie udowadnia, że polskie, rodzinne firmy potrafią skutecznie działać w skali światowej, przyciągając do pracy młodych, utalentowanych ludzi z całego świata.

Ze względu na skalę sprzedaży firma ze Stężycy stała się także istotnym importerem i eksporterem roślin doniczkowych, zieleni ciętej i ceramiki. Własna, profesjonalna flota transportowa umożliwiająca precyzyjną kontrolę parametrów przewozu, rozbudowa centrum logistycznego oraz call center ma umożliwić JMP Flowers zwiększenie wachlarza usług, wolumenu sprzedaży oraz szybszą i sprawniejszą realizację zamówień.

Podążając za rodowym duchem innowacyjności, na terenie firmy powstaje zaawansowane technologicznie Centrum Badawczo-Rozwojowe, które ma w planach realizację ambitnego planu badawczego.

Month: June 2019

Martyna Ukleja

Renata Pracz

Urszula Gruza

Przemysław Stachowski

Jacek Kruk

Izabela Wąsiewska

Jacek Świtaj

Michał Ptaszek

Jacek Ptaszek

Agnieszka Ptaszek-Kwolek

Maria Ptaszek

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