Dos Pinos and Distribuidora Corripio invested $30 million in the construction of a plant that has an area of 8,500 square meters and a packaging capacity of 250,000 liters per day.
The Costa Rican Cooperative of Milk Producers Dos Pinos and Distribuidora Corripio, founded the Caribbean Dairy Group, being their first joint investment the construction of the new industrial plant, which will produce 50 varieties of dairy products, juices, nectars and soft drinks of the Dos Pinos and La Granja brands.
A food processing plant will start operating in Rivas, which will focus on attending to producers and traders, and on university studies.
The new plant, which has the capacity to process meat products, dairy products, cereals, mushrooms, fruit and vegetables, was built on the grounds of the Antonio de Valdivieso International University (Uniav).
The production plant that Grupo Lala is building in Escuintla, Guatemala, will be ready to start operating in September.
The milk production that will be shipped from the plant in Palin, Escuintla, will go to the southern market of Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador, according to representatives of the company of Mexican origin.
Nestlé has announced that the growth plan in the Dominican Republic, which began in 2016 and will extend for four more years, includes a total investment of $130 million.
Creation of new products, innovation in the factories' production lines and the introduction of new brands in the country are part of the growth strategy that the food company envisages for the Dominican Republic.
Truck robberies, high energy prices, excessive bureaucracy and the informal sector all took their toll on the growth of the Costa Rican food and beverage industry in 2017.
The Monthly Index of Manufacturing Activity of the food and beverages industry showed a slowdown in the domestic market and a negative average growth of -0.07% in the first nine months of the year.
With a $5 million investment a farm to fatten up chickens was inaugurated in León, and it is expected to produce about 3 million chickens a year.
The mixed capital poultry company (Nicaraguan and American) is called Castillo Poultry LLC and is located in the municipality of La Paz Centro, in León.
ProNicaragua reports that the company signed a production contract with Cargill from Nicaragua.
In the last year, 56 environmental impact studies were presented for the construction of industrial plants in Central American countries.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private construction projects for which environmental impact studies (EIA) were submitted to the respective institutions in each country.
By the end of the year the chicken meat processing plant that Cargill is building on the road to Masaya will be ready to start operating.
Representatives from the food processing company explained that the new plant, which is added to the current two with modern infrastructure and equipment, required an investment of $40 million.
The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources has filed a criminal suit against Lion Brand of Central America, for alleged violation of environmental standards.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources:
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in Guatemala, announced today that it has filed a criminal lawsuit against the company Lion Brand de Centro America for multiple offenses committed against the environment.
The Municipality of La Chorrera will be hearing offers from private companies interested in operating a meat processing plant in the municipality through a joint venture.
In order to prevent the closure of the plant, municipal authorities are assessing creating a joint venture with a private company interested in operating the slaughterhouse, which because it does not have a treatment plant can only sell processed meat within the province.
The private equity fund Caseif III managed by Lafise LP has announced the acquisition of a factory making aseptic banana puree and concentrate frozen banana, called Gerber Ingredients.
The Gerber Ingredients factory is located in the Industrial Park in Cartago. According to El Financiero, the transaction is in the final stage of formalization and evaluation by the Government.
The food industry claims that several processing plants have stopped work due to shortage of raw materials and are asking the government to eliminate import tariffs in order to solve the problem.
From a statement from the Costa Rican Chamber of the Food Industry (CACIA):
Given the serious problem of the shortage of potatoes for industrial use, which for weeks has paralyzed the production of several processing plants; threatening the jobs of some 2,000 people directly dependent on this sector; the Costa Rican Chamber of the Food Industry, CACIA is making an urgent call to the Government of the Republic to immediately attend to this crisis.
Cargill has started construction of a processing plant and refrigerated warehouses which in ten years could be producing 400,000 birds per day.
From a statement issued by Cargill Meats Central America:
Cargill de Nicaragua SA today announced a major new investment in Nicaragua to continue contributing to the development of this country and has as its aim to continue guaranteeing the supply of chicken, using international standards and standards of quality and safety, for all Nicaraguans.
The only milk powder plant does not have a lot of processing power, and can not handle all of the supply during peak milk production.
"We believe it is important to try to establish a second processing plant for milk drying in potential areas, in order to process the country's surpluses especially in peak milk production moments," said Willmer Fernandez, president of the Central American Federation of the Dairy Sector (FECALAC).
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