Melicreta-Leontarakis company was formed in 2008. Its facilities are located in Lygaria, 21 km northwest of the city of Heraklion, Crete, in a newly constructed, privately owned building of 450 m2 and surrounding area of 6000m2. They are built on a mountainside that extends down to the sea. Both the building and the surrounding area are subject to bioclimatic/eco design. Energy saving and rational use systems and technologies are employed, completing the bioclimatic design and maximizing the performance of the building. The standardization unit is technologically fully equipped with state-of-the-art machinery of high standards. The production and packaging lines are complete and automated, thus ensuring the highest quality and the maximum performance of the final product. It conforms to and meets all the standards of the Quality Assurance System (HACCP/ISO 9001:2008, ISO 22000:2005).