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After announcing an investment of 88 million euros in August, Europac back to strengthen its presence in the domestic market with an investment plan of 12.4 million in cardboard home food preservation and packaging segment. home food preservation The money, part of it covered by the NSRF innovation will be used in strengthening and modernization of units Packaging Guilhabreu in Portugal, in Vila do Conde, Leiria and Ovar.
"With this investment we have increased capacity at the three plants of about 14%," says Tiago Domingues 'country manager' for the packaging segment of Europac in Portugal, calculating that this increase will allow an increase in turnover to 2018 of around 30%. That unit turnover last year of 105, 8 million, home food preservation representing approximately 29.27% of the total turnover home food preservation of Packaging Europac, which also has factories in Spain and France and in 2013 a turnover of 361.39 million euros.
Tiago Domingues explains that the bulk of the investment will be made in units of Leiria and Grilhabreu totaling EUR 9.2 million, contracted with NSRF Innovation, still predicting another two tranches - 1.7 million and 1.5 million euros, respectively. home food preservation The project, which provides for the renewal of machinery, hardware upgrades and software as well as application of energy efficiency measures, will be completed next year.
"We want to increase productivity, and need, faster, more efficient equipment, and the quality of service," says country manager of Packaging Portugal, explaining that the ongoing investment will allow the acquisition of an 'offline' printer, seven colors at high speed, which will reduce the average production time from 16 to 5 minutes. The production rate will increase by 63%, from an average production of 4,000 square feet per hour to 6,500 square feet.
Increased home food preservation productivity that will be channeled to strengthening the company's position in the national market and Spanish. "Our investment plan is made for export for growth in the Spanish market, notably Galicia, Extremadura, Andalusia, and to consolidate our market home food preservation share, we are leaders in Portugal," says Tiago Domingues.
The investment will create 12 new jobs, with the unit of Packaging to employ home food preservation 415 people spread over four plants. In August, Europac signed a contract with the Government investment of 88 million, with the aim of encouraging afforestation of pine in Portugal. This funding enabled the creation of 10 jobs and the maintenance of the remaining 305.
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