Bill Lee remains committed to overseeing the ECONET global group and ensuring it continues to serve as the backbone for Univera’s ongoing growth. Every action is focused on helping Univera thrive as a world-class leader in health and nutritional products.

Univera’s global agricultural resources produce the highest quality botanical ingredients.

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A Global Network

To bring the power of nature to humankind and allow Univera to reach its potential, YunHo Lee and his son Bill would need more than vision. They'd need an organization with a global reach. And so they started one — ECONET — an ECOlogical and ECOnomic global NETwork of companies dedicated to bringing the best of nature to humankind.

ECONET was started in 1976 with the goal of integrating best-in-class research and development, formulation, manufacturing, and consumer product sales of the important discoveries the scientific teams were making. This integration maximizes efficiency and lets Univera develop its new discoveries and bring them to the marketplace as rapidly as possible.

The unique approach of Univera and ECONET was to apply pharmaceutical science to natural products. And the advantages of that approach are evident in the four branches of ECONET:

Univera

Consumer Products
Founded in 1999, Univera is headquartered in the United States and brings together all the pieces of the ECONET family. It is Univera that formulates consumer health products from the research, discovery, quality crops, and manufacturing provided through the global ECONET — helping renew bodies while changing lives.

Unigen

Research and Development
Unigen was founded in 1996 and employs more than 60 full-time scientists dedicated to researching renewal at the cellular level. Unigen’s work has led to more than 160 patents and patents pending in 27 areas of natural products research, together with the development a world-renowned library of more than 250,000 plant fractions.

Aloecorp / Russia Biomass

Raw Ingredients and Agricultural Resources
Aloecorp: Since 1988, Aloecorp has been the global leader in the growing and processing of bioactive Aloe vera ingredients in the U.S., Mexico, and China. Supported by millions of dollars in scientific research, Aloecorp's research-proven ingredients are formulated into our most popular and effective products.

Russia Biomass: This invaluable resource encompasses 15,000 farmed acres along with a 100,000-acre botanical preserve and includes countless plant varieties to investigate and explore.

NatureTech

Manufacturing
Founded in Korea in 1985, this 250,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility uses the most sophisticated technology to convert nature’s amazing bounty into the highest quality natural products.