Juri Saar

Background

About Juri Saar

I am currently the founder and CEO of Faguri food processing solutions. For the past 20 years, I have been actively involved in the food processing industry in various roles. I have a breadth of corporate experience under my belt, and now I have formed my own company to provide food processing and waste solutions. I was 15 years old when I was introduced to the food processing industry.I got the opportunity to work at a fish canning facility. This first-hand experience gave me a lot of insight into how the process works, what the bottlenecks are, and how to improve processes to make the operators’ work easier. Later, I started helping in all aspects of the business. I was doing marketing, helping with logistics, and even making calls to generate leads. Growing up, I joined multiple OEMs and after accumulating two decades of experience in the industry, I put it all together and founded Faguri. Right now the food processing industry is rapidly changing. The pressure is mounting on the producers to be more environmentally sustainable yet at the same time produce more cost-effective solutions. A lot of smaller and medium-sized companies are entering the market, which is increasing competition and putting pressure on producers to keep the cost down without sacrificing quality. My business philosophy is simple. I believe in listening to the customer and delivering clear-cut and actionable value to them. Sometimes this means that we have to think ten steps ahead of our customers and be proactive in regard to their needs. I also believe that it's important to be open-minded. The world is changing faster and faster and you have to keep abreast of innovations, technologies and trends if you want to succeed.