Pro-Vida

Pro-Vida is a corporation of the Distant Fringe.

• It primarily operates within Uncharted Space.
• It is an unpublished, non-canon organization.

Market Ticker Code

This business entity is traded under the following interstellar market code/s:

Market Ticker Code
Name	Code	Type	Charter	Remarks
Pro-Vida	ProV	4 to 12 alphanumeric character	LLC	None

Description (Portfolio)

Pro-Vida is considered to be a part of the Agriculture, Food, and Luxuries Business Sector. Its interest is strongest in the central and rimward parts of Halcyon Sector. It is involved in the manufacture of textiles and fabrics, as well as the design and manufacture of clothing of all kinds.

Commercial Competencies

• Preparing and cleaning raw materials.
• Yarn, fabric and textile production.
  • Weaving, spinning, knitting, cutting and moulding processes.
• Design, ergonomics, pattern-making, and cutting.
• Printing, dying, coloring.
• Manufacturing, tailoring and specialist products.
• Advertising, and promotion. Marketing, distribution and retailing.
• Industrial, commercial and specialist textiles, ballistic fabrics.
• Carpets and coverings.

Governance & Organization

Pro-Vida is governed by a President, a Committee of Governors and an Executive Board. It is run by a Executive Vice President, Senior Vice Presidents and Bureau Directors. It has an extensive Records Bureau, an Internal Audit Department, a Legal Bureau, a Regional Logistics Bureau, a Sophont Resources Bureau, a Public Relations Office, a Finance Department, and an Internal Security Office.

Head Office:

The head office is located on Lon Mardos, a developing commercial center. As well as the main administrative complexes its headquarters includes a corporate retreat and spa complex, a number of executive villas, and large private estates with associated recreational facilities where business may be undertaken in complete privacy. The company controls a private spaceport facility on the world.

Major Divisions:

• Research and Development
• Environmental Services
• Genetic Stock Division
• Processing and Products Division
• Premium Division
• Logistics Division

Stockholders

Stock ownership

• Private ownership – 33%,
  • of which Fives families – 87%,
• Mardos Meridien – 22%,
• Public ownership – 16%,
• Garrick Trust – 8%,
• Gonzalez Associates – 7%,
• Fringe Stock Holdings – 6%,
• Bright Commercial Bank – 5%,
• Société Bénéfique – 3%.

Subsidiaries

None.

Best Known Products & Services

This business is best known for:

1. Haute couture and high fashion clothing.
2. Affordable fashions and apparel.
3. Work and industrial clothing.

History & Background (Dossier)

Public Image

Pro-Vida grew from humble origins, as a ship's chandlers on Lon Mardos, to become one of the largest clothing and textile manufacturers in the Distant Fringe. Pro-Vida garments, retailed under a variety of product names, are everyday items. The company maintains large production facilities on Rysos.

• Pro-Vida made huge profits providing uniforms and equipment to combatants during the Scybrian Wars.

Trade Partners

• Yuan Wi (based at Rissa).

Trade Competitors

• BioProduktie (based at Denirad).

Corporate Timeline

The organization has been active since at least 5250AD.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This business is best known for frequenting the markets of the following worlds and systems:
Uncharted Space:

• Halcyon Sector
  • Alasim Subsector

Facilities Data

This business is known to host major facilities in the following locations:

• Lon Mardos (corporate headquarters)
• Quat (primary source of raw materials)
• Rysos (primary manufacturing, logistics hub)

World Listing

This business can be found on the following worlds and systems:

No world articles for Pro-Vida

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science